Destiny calling for clubs in title challenge

Scottish Football

Alex Rae believes this is a massive week for Hearts and Rangers in their title challenge. The PLZ team look back over the Scottish cup ties from the 5th round and assesses the quarter final draw. There is a midweek Premiership card full of predictions from our panel.

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00:00:01Welcome to the Football Show on PLZ Soccer's YouTube channel. Don't forget to hit that subscribe button if you want to come and join the PLZ family. Fairly straightforward stuff. We have Alan Ruff, Alec Ray and Tammy McManus here with us.

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00:00:46At the BME headlines, Rangers and Celtic have been paired together in the draw for the quarterfinals of the Scottish Cup. The away team could claim up to 10,000 tickets for the match and away support are Ibrox. That would be huge. We'll discuss that.

00:01:02Jens Bertha Laskow reckons Motherwell can cause Rangers problems now that they have Mazwanisi back in attack. They didn't have him the last time they faced Rangers.

00:01:10And can Hibs scupper hearts hopes of a title win with a big victory in the Derby? We'll get Tam Stotts on that. He's getting ever more excited about it all.

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00:01:50So there we are. That's the start of the programme. People have been listening and commenting on what we're offering on the podcast as well.

00:01:59So thank you for your support on that. And there's lots more to talk about.

00:02:03But first and foremost, let's get to the Scottish Cup draw. This is how it all panned out after the games at the weekend.

00:02:10We'll dissect those games in a moment. But this is the draw. Here are the results, as you can see, first of all.

00:02:15And as you go through them, Airdrie 1, St Mirren 2, Celtic 2, Dundee 1, Dunfermline 2, Kelty Harts 0, Elgin City 2, Partick Thistle 3.

00:02:28It was Rangers 8, Queen's Park 0, Stennismoor 0, Falkirk 2 and of course Aberdeen and Motherwell and Dundee 8 and Spartans.

00:02:36Those games are still to be played because they were postponed at the weekend.

00:02:39So that is how it all looked in the Scottish Cup fifth round. And to the draw, might as well have a look at it now, see what you guys think of the draw.

00:02:49It's St Mirren against Partick Thistle, Falkirk against Dundee United or Spartans, Rangers against Celtic and Dunfermline against Aberdeen or Motherwell.

00:03:00So there you have it in its entirety. First and foremost, Alec, you're in the draw. Fantastic. How do you feel about it?

00:03:06No, pleased. We got to the quarterfinal League Cup as well. And ideally we'd like to get a home draw.

00:03:13However, I think the fact that we've actually got to this stage is encouraging and you actually start to dream a little bit, you know, how far you can really go.

00:03:21The boys were excellent the weekend. It was a tricky tie up in Elgin and credit to them.

00:03:26I thought their hospitality and, you know, it was great. You know, they looked after us since we arrived.

00:03:32They laid on a lot of food afterwards and we wished each other well. So it was a really good day all round.

00:03:371,200 fans travelled all the way up there as well, which was really encouraging.

00:03:41So just pleased to be in the next round, really.

00:03:43And you'd think they'd have given you a lensep when you were up there, wouldn't you?

00:03:47A lensep? I don't know what I need to do.

00:03:50Oh, it was nasty.

00:03:51Those two are sick boys today, aren't they?

00:03:53Oh, Ruffy's been able to make it today.

00:03:55They're dying over there.

00:03:55Yeah, I was not well on Friday, but I managed to weather the storm.

00:04:01But no, we're here with professionals.

00:04:04We didn't want to let you down.

00:04:04He must have been at death, don't know to come in here for a shift.

00:04:06Can I just say something?

00:04:07He must have been at death, don't know to come in for a shift.

00:04:10Tam, the thing about you two is he usually traps you.

00:04:14Oh, he does.

00:04:14Oh, no.

00:04:16If I get a sniff lamb now coming in.

00:04:17He must have been toiling.

00:04:19Honestly.

00:04:20Yeah, just one of the things, you know, that have iris.

00:04:23I'm sure a lot of the people have it out there.

00:04:25It just knocks you for six.

00:04:27And again, you don't want to let people down, don't you?

00:04:30But there's nothing you can do about it.

00:04:31Well, I saw four different religious ministers going into your house to read out some rites.

00:04:36So I thought he's definitely not coming in.

00:04:37You know, I knew it was tough.

00:04:40Anyway, apart from anything else, the other part of the draw, the big one, was Rangers Celtic, Tam.

00:04:46Yeah, and listen, it's a plum tie, obviously.

00:04:48I think they both will be favourites to win the Scottish Cup.

00:04:52I think whoever wins that will be hot favourites to win the Scottish Cup.

00:04:54But I think Rangers play Celtic twice at home now in seven or ten days.

00:04:58So once in the league, once in the cup.

00:05:00So it's going to be a crucial period at the start of March to see who goes on to win the league and win the cup.

00:05:05So I'm looking forward to seeing that full stand.

00:05:08Well, you say that, but Brian has just said to you,

00:05:10Peter, I wonder how many of the Celtic protesters will be applying for Scottish Cup tickets at Ibrox.

00:05:16Maybe a wee bit of hypocrisy.

00:05:17I think they'll all boycott it.

00:05:19They'll surely all boycott it.

00:05:20Oh, if they stick to the word, they'll probably boycott it, Peter.

00:05:23There'll be maybe a thousand there.

00:05:24But yeah, it'll be interesting to see how many are coming up for that since they're not going to the game now.

00:05:28Yeah.

00:05:28Do you think they'll take 10,000, Ruffy?

00:05:30Most definitely, I think.

00:05:32I think that stand only holds 7,000.

00:05:36They'll get the Brimlin.

00:05:37Yeah.

00:05:37I think it becomes a segregation issue then.

00:05:39Yeah.

00:05:41Yeah.

00:05:41I think the people who have been protesting now will feel a bit sorry for themselves if the club decide to give the tickets elsewhere.

00:05:49Well, everybody that was at the game the other night against Dundee should be first in line for tickets.

00:05:53The hardcore.

00:05:54Oh, yeah.

00:05:54Start a riot now, eh?

00:05:55They should be, they should be, they should be, they should be, they should be in the tickets.

00:05:59Yeah, actually, I think that even people who are boycotting were buying tickets, apparently, because it keeps up your points so that you can go to games further.

00:06:05Yeah.

00:06:06The other good thing about it, and I don't know if you remember, Alec, there was a, I think it was the semi-final at Hamden, and it was a 50-50, and it was, I mean, it was just absolutely, it makes it, doesn't it?

00:06:18Oh, without doubt.

00:06:19Even as a player, you can tell, you know, it's great.

00:06:23Yeah, and even going back, obviously, I think it was last year, it went up to about 2,500.

00:06:26Yeah.

00:06:27Once I got let go by Rangers, I think it was 10 days or something, two weeks later, I was in the away end at Park Ede.

00:06:34It was just great to be back down there.

00:06:35Yeah.

00:06:36A sample on the atmosphere, and if you remember rightly, I think Rangers were coasting at 2-0, 2-2, and then Eagerman got the winner.

00:06:43So it was a good day for the travelling fans, but just to be part of a group of larger numbers, because I think in recent years it's been pretty flimsy,

00:06:52and I just think it's encouraging just to see, you just went, the optics of it all, you know,

00:06:59when you're actually looking at it, you're seeing a really proper away fans.

00:07:03So I think overall, I think it'll be a really interesting tie.

00:07:06Yeah, I actually think, you know, we've been bleating on about it forever and a day, but I just think it just makes it, you know,

00:07:13it just makes it, if there's an away goal scored and you've got a mass of fans there, you know, it's fantastic.

00:07:20I mean, the overriding memory I always have of it, Ruffy's big DJ scoring, and obviously running over to the Celtic fans,

00:07:29and then he gave it that, brave at the jungle at the best of times.

00:07:35But at the Rangers' end at that time, in the old Celtic stands, when the ball hits the back of the net, there's a delay.

00:07:44It's a slow motion.

00:07:44Well, no, there's a delay in the sound, and then it just, boom, and then, you know, and there's nothing better, I think, as a spectacle, you know,

00:07:52you've got a huge bank of away supporters.

00:07:54I mean, obviously, I like playing them, I've got the chance to beat any of them, obviously, playing in my career,

00:07:59but when I finished playing and went with you to the games, you know, you could see what everybody was talking about with the full stand, you know,

00:08:07and it was the summertime, I don't know if Celtic were going to Seville, or Rangers were doing something,

00:08:11but the banter was just, like, sombreros and beach balls, beach balls, everything, you know, it was just...

00:08:19You were watching Bill right now, didn't he, Boroughby?

00:08:21It was brilliant. It was really good just to sit there until you sent me to get you a cup of tea and a pie,

00:08:29which I thought I wasn't coming back. I thought that was it. I think I'd gone.

00:08:32Yeah. Anyway, listen, it's absolutely fantastic, and the draw is well.

00:08:37Falkirk against Dundee United are Spartans, and Dunfermline against Aberdeen and Motherwell.

00:08:42Just fantastic there. I mean, we've already... I think we actually had a good hit rate of calling who was going to win.

00:08:47I think most people started to look for the favourites to get through.

00:08:52I went for a wee upset with Senus Muir to beat Falkirk.

00:08:55Yeah.

00:08:56Got the extra time, but Falkirk were the winners, but I think most of them were... we could call them.

00:09:01OK, give us your thoughts on the draw. What are you making with all Celtic fans?

00:09:05Will you be applying for your tickets on that? No chance of a boycott on it.

00:09:10But give us your thoughts on the games. We're going to talk about Alex's game as well.

00:09:14This will just keep riding high. Everything's rosy in the garden.

00:09:19Before we talk about them, don't forget we've got a brilliant event coming up April 16th.

00:09:23It's a Thursday night. It's the Road to the World Cup.

00:09:25We're at the Doubletree Hilton in Glasgow and Cambridge Street, and that is for a special World Cup countdown with former Scotland managers Gordon Strachan, Alex McLeish, and the assistant coach Mark McGee.

00:09:37We'll get undoubtedly tales from the 30 years, Old Firm showdowns, dressing room banter, and of course a look ahead to the big tournament in the USA.

00:09:47So, if you get a chance, go on to the website and you'll be able to get tickets there, and we'll post links to it as well on our YouTube channel.

00:09:57So, well worth it, and if you want to get the tickets directly right now, you can go and email beth at plzsoccer.com.

00:10:04Good luck with that. We'll see you on the day.

00:10:06So, to the games themselves, Celtic, oof, roughy.

00:10:13Torture. I think that was described by numerous, not like it's not too getting away from a day.

00:10:19The goal for me was probably the goal of the weekend. I thought they did particularly well.

00:10:24Celtic just, I think clueless was another word that was used, you know, something you wouldn't associate Celtic with,

00:10:31and it wasn't until the substitutes were made that they made the difference.

00:10:35So, he's got a lot of work in his hands. I know there's a lot of players coming in.

00:10:39You know, the new boy scoring, you know, gave him a massive boost, but you could see Stephen Fresley after the game.

00:10:45He was absolutely gutted, and I'm sure the players in the dressing room would be equally so.

00:10:50To go there and put in a performance that you put in and come away with nothing would be hard to take.

00:10:56I think the refreshing part of it all is, you know, once he'd got in the door, not flavour of the month,

00:11:04not somebody who the fans were favouring, got them organised.

00:11:09He knew they were shipping stupid goals in, you know, regularly, and he started to get the formation right.

00:11:15And then, after discussions with the board, he said, right, OK, now we're going to get you some forward-thinking players.

00:11:20What do you want? And he put together a list, and suddenly you've got players, I mean, Hamilton's goal was spectacular,

00:11:27but they've got forward-thinking players. Congreve will take on a player too.

00:11:31Yeah, they've actually got pace in the wider areas, and as I said, the boy Graham at the back's really getting a lot of suitors now.

00:11:36He looks as if he's grown in stature.

00:11:39You're absolutely right about Stephen Fresley, and the interesting thing about it is,

00:11:43a lot of weaker guys would have crumbled with that initial pressure up there.

00:11:47You know, so his personality has kind of shone when it really would have really needed it, self-belief.

00:11:52And what he's done is he's started to build something up there, and I hope that the Dundee fans are really pushing behind him now,

00:11:58because when you're going to Parkhead and you're putting on a performance like that,

00:12:01because people are going, ooh, ooh, relegation, and so all of a sudden they're seeing kind of shoots of progression throughout the club.

00:12:10And you're absolutely right, Peter, he's just going to give me a little bit.

00:12:12Imagine Elvis gets another few more windows under his belt, you know, and a wee bit more stability there.

00:12:17But I think he can go on and really start pushing on to the top half of the table and challenging to try and get into the top six.

00:12:24And with a bit more kind of luck, if you like, you know, because it's like it's getting into the dying embers of the game,

00:12:30and unfortunately they just couldn't see it out.

00:12:32But I have to say, I thought Celtic do with Celtic Day, you know, even though they're no great,

00:12:37they managed to bring a really kind of match winner off the bench in Tonecchi, and Tonecchi changed the game for me.

00:12:42Yeah, and with that in mind, I mean, again, I think we've got to pay tribute to them, Tam.

00:12:48I'm not blowing up a bit of everybody here, but on this programme, we've said from the early days,

00:12:52I was up at Denz Park on more than a few occasions saying, you know, he was saying,

00:12:57we're going to get it right, the boys are getting it right, he was adamant.

00:13:01And we've been saying on this, give him the time, you know, he's had great experience at Brentford.

00:13:06OK, they're out of the cup, but I think we all said we didn't see them being in a play-off.

00:13:12No, not at all, Peter. I think they've been a bit of a surprise package, to be honest.

00:13:16I think that when Stephen first went into Dundee, I think when he's first interviewed,

00:13:20he said that if they're looking for somebody to win things, then he probably wasn't the man.

00:13:24So, I think the Dundee fans took that the wrong way. I think we've been honest.

00:13:27You know, he's up there to try and keep them in division, and I think he'll do that this season.

00:13:31So, solely but surely, he's bringing players in and improving the team.

00:13:35As Alex said there, look, Graham was outstanding again at the back the other night, played really, really well.

00:13:39Was it a penalty?

00:13:39Yeah, I thought it was a penalty. I thought it was just inside the box, and the referee missed that one.

00:13:44But I'm taking nothing away from Dundee. I thought Dundee deserved to get through.

00:13:47I thought they really did, and I thought they were the better team from the first minute to the last.

00:13:51And Celtic just go to the death.

00:13:53You know, I've been part of that in teams before, where you think you've got them beat,

00:13:56or you've got a draw, and they pop up in the last members of the game and score.

00:13:59So, yeah, I think Martin O'Neill will be pleased to get through, but the performance has got to be better.

00:14:03And there's several Celtic players who are miles off, you know, real Hattati.

00:14:08I don't know what's happened to him. He was awful the other night.

00:14:11He looks as if he's just jogging about and doesn't know why he'd be there.

00:14:13But there's competition for places now, with Oxlade-Chamberlain coming in,

00:14:16and the competition in the forward areas for Celtic.

00:14:19So, that should drive them forward.

00:14:21But the main thing is getting through.

00:14:23But I thought Dundee thoroughly deserved to get through, and they were unlucky.

00:14:25Sorry, Peter. That's a bit of a talking point, because I thought it was a penalty as well.

00:14:28But then, obviously, the statement afterwards, it's like...

00:14:30Yeah, it's like a push where it starts, you know, the momentum, you know.

00:14:34So, it's almost as if you pull all the way into the box, it's a penalty,

00:14:38but if you push and then give them another push, and they take it back to the initial one.

00:14:41Yeah.

00:14:41It just seems a bit conflicting.

00:14:43And you know the thing about it, Alec, and we talk about it regularly on this programme,

00:14:47and sometimes you get it in the neck if you actually come into contact with referees.

00:14:51I don't often come into contact with them, because they don't mix in the nightclubs that I frequent.

00:14:55But, nevertheless, they constantly remain...

00:14:59No names.

00:15:01No names.

00:15:05Shut up, Ruffey.

00:15:06Shut up.

00:15:08I always come to any of you.

00:15:11I'm sorry.

00:15:12I'm digging this out, Ruffey.

00:15:13He's just telling himself.

00:15:15He's seen a lot of refs last weekend.

00:15:17You're a bad person.

00:15:19But, listen, joking, calm yourself.

00:15:22But the point I'm making is quite simple.

00:15:24You run into referees and they go,

00:15:25Oh, you just don't know the rules.

00:15:27Of course we don't.

00:15:28Players don't know the rules.

00:15:29Anybody who sits down and starts reading them all,

00:15:31you know,

00:15:32may as well go in and try and be a referee.

00:15:34That's what they're there for.

00:15:35They're there to interpret the rules.

00:15:36That's their job.

00:15:37You know,

00:15:38if sometimes along the way,

00:15:40pundits,

00:15:41journalists,

00:15:42fans,

00:15:43have to be reminded of

00:15:44paragraph four,

00:15:45subsection two,

00:15:46line five,

00:15:47then all well and good.

00:15:49You know,

00:15:49but more often than not,

00:15:51the rules of the game,

00:15:53we have a grasp of it all,

00:15:55you know.

00:15:55Well,

00:15:55that was the thing.

00:15:56When I read that,

00:15:57I had to re-read it

00:15:59and I'm going,

00:15:59have I got this right here?

00:16:00You know,

00:16:00and it seemed really foreign to myself,

00:16:03which will not surprise a lot of people,

00:16:05but I just,

00:16:05it's not as if it's something

00:16:06that jumps out

00:16:07and you've seen before.

00:16:08We all watch football

00:16:10on a regular basis

00:16:11and that was a new one to me.

00:16:13Yeah,

00:16:13absolutely.

00:16:14Ruffy,

00:16:16you know,

00:16:16they had,

00:16:17they had chances done D,

00:16:19they played some good football,

00:16:20they were,

00:16:21they had a,

00:16:22they had a clear set pattern.

00:16:24When I was watching the game,

00:16:25they were high,

00:16:26they were up there,

00:16:27they were pressing

00:16:27and they had a clear set pattern

00:16:30of how they wanted to go about the game

00:16:31and I think that in itself,

00:16:33you know,

00:16:34Stephen Presley deserves tremendous credit

00:16:36as well as the players.

00:16:37Yeah,

00:16:37I think Stephen Presley,

00:16:38his interview after the game

00:16:40was very honest.

00:16:41Did you think he was going to lose

00:16:42the plot

00:16:43and have a wee go

00:16:44at the time that was added on?

00:16:46No,

00:16:46I think he handled it

00:16:47particularly well.

00:16:49No,

00:16:49but do you think

00:16:49he would have been justified

00:16:50in saying,

00:16:50wait a minute,

00:16:5197 minutes?

00:16:51No,

00:16:52well,

00:16:52thing may,

00:16:53Tierney had been hit in the face,

00:16:55I don't know how long

00:16:55that had taken to pan out

00:16:58so certainly that would be,

00:17:00you know,

00:17:00a big part of it,

00:17:01you know,

00:17:01but it's when somebody says

00:17:03there's a minute to go

00:17:03or something

00:17:04and then it goes to like

00:17:05a minute and a half.

00:17:06You know,

00:17:06you obviously,

00:17:07being that kind of person

00:17:09you're going to say

00:17:10how did that happen?

00:17:11You know,

00:17:11but no,

00:17:12I thought he was very good,

00:17:13he said,

00:17:14we analysed Celtic,

00:17:15we know they're not playing

00:17:16particularly well,

00:17:17we analysed their weak spots

00:17:19and we all know

00:17:20where the weak spots are

00:17:21and you can see it's clear

00:17:22as then

00:17:23that they'd done that

00:17:24scale side,

00:17:26you know,

00:17:26scales bombing forward,

00:17:27you know,

00:17:28and no cover,

00:17:29you know,

00:17:30and they exploited that,

00:17:31they played a lot

00:17:31at that side

00:17:32and then they got

00:17:34a lot of success

00:17:34and well done to them

00:17:35for doing his homework.

00:17:36Yeah,

00:17:37absolutely,

00:17:37and as ever with these games

00:17:39there's always the memes

00:17:40that come out,

00:17:40you know,

00:17:41and they've got one up

00:17:42up there,

00:17:43you know,

00:17:44the additional time

00:17:45is until Celtic score

00:17:47and I think they've got

00:17:48a referee

00:17:49in one of the memes

00:17:50as well.

00:17:51It's amazing how things

00:17:52change,

00:17:53whether it's the Rangers

00:17:54or Celtic

00:17:54and it all depends

00:17:55when you've got

00:17:56a winning team,

00:17:56can we go back

00:17:57to the first goal

00:17:58when the boy

00:18:00healed it.

00:18:01Junior Adama.

00:18:02Yeah,

00:18:02the Celtic boy

00:18:03at the back post

00:18:04if he'd touched that

00:18:05it would have been

00:18:05offside.

00:18:07Very smart then,

00:18:08very smart of the guy

00:18:09to jump over the

00:18:09because he could have

00:18:11been a wee bit flashy

00:18:13and said I'll have this

00:18:14but well done to him.

00:18:15Yeah,

00:18:15and again

00:18:16as Martin O'Neill,

00:18:18you know,

00:18:18I'm sure he could,

00:18:19most Celtic fans

00:18:19think he can walk

00:18:20on water at the moment

00:18:21because he just

00:18:22keeps producing

00:18:23and those signings

00:18:28that you start to say

00:18:29can they hit the ground

00:18:29running,

00:18:30suddenly he's able

00:18:30to pull them off the

00:18:31bench to make that

00:18:32difference.

00:18:33Yeah,

00:18:33I think the,

00:18:34I thought Tanekki was,

00:18:35I don't know you're

00:18:36talking about the signs

00:18:36but see Tanekki,

00:18:37I've always said to myself

00:18:38you have to just show

00:18:39him down towards the

00:18:40byline because as soon

00:18:40as he wraps in

00:18:41he can go second post,

00:18:42first post,

00:18:43like the winning goal.

00:18:45So you're always

00:18:45saying just show him

00:18:46down the line

00:18:46but when he does that

00:18:47and then obviously

00:18:48Adama comes in

00:18:49from there

00:18:50but it was such a

00:18:50sublime touch

00:18:51just guides it

00:18:52towards goal,

00:18:53all the paces on the

00:18:54cross and I thought

00:18:55it's a great way

00:18:55to introduce yourself

00:18:56to the Celtic fans

00:18:57in particular I think

00:18:58that's a really nice

00:18:59way to start.

00:18:59The other thing

00:19:00as Alec pointed out

00:19:01there in Tanekki

00:19:02Tam is if anything

00:19:03some people have

00:19:04been slightly critical

00:19:05of him over the

00:19:06last few months

00:19:06and saying listen

00:19:07there needs to be

00:19:07more of the end

00:19:09product.

00:19:10Yeah,

00:19:10I think he's got

00:19:11something,

00:19:11I think he's talented,

00:19:12I think he's got

00:19:13good ability

00:19:13but as Alec said

00:19:15he's got to do it,

00:19:16he's got to produce

00:19:17the final cross,

00:19:18the final pass,

00:19:19the final shot,

00:19:19he's come on and

00:19:20change the game for

00:19:21Celtic,

00:19:21he came on and

00:19:22was really,

00:19:22really lively,

00:19:24you know he could

00:19:24go either side,

00:19:25he was going to

00:19:25the byline,

00:19:25cutting things back,

00:19:26he was cutting

00:19:27inside,

00:19:27whipping balls in

00:19:28and he really

00:19:29gave Celtic a spark

00:19:30off the bench

00:19:31and he was probably

00:19:32the main reason

00:19:33why they were

00:19:33going to win the

00:19:34game so I think

00:19:34he's got something,

00:19:36I think defensively

00:19:37at times he's poor

00:19:37and I think he's

00:19:38a wee bit flimsy

00:19:39at times,

00:19:39I think he needs

00:19:39to maybe bulk up

00:19:40a wee bit for

00:19:41Scottish football

00:19:41but I certainly

00:19:43think he's a

00:19:44talented player.

00:19:45Yeah,

00:19:46we like to read

00:19:47out a few things

00:19:48on our feed

00:19:49just to give us

00:19:50a wee bit of an

00:19:51edge and a

00:19:51noise up on it

00:19:52all and

00:19:54somebody did

00:19:56actually mention

00:19:56they were quite

00:19:57complimentary about

00:19:58you,

00:19:59as a Jags fan

00:20:00says Ian McGrath,

00:20:01tell Alec that

00:20:03both he and Mark

00:20:04are doing a great

00:20:04job and what's the

00:20:05chances of getting

00:20:06Scott Tiffany on

00:20:07loan?

00:20:07listen,

00:20:09I think we're still

00:20:10working behind the

00:20:10scenes,

00:20:11we've got until the

00:20:11end of this month

00:20:12to try and get

00:20:12someone in a loan

00:20:13and we'd actually

00:20:15like to try and

00:20:15get,

00:20:16as I said,

00:20:18we'd like to try

00:20:18and do something,

00:20:19you know,

00:20:19we weren't really

00:20:20overly busy in the

00:20:23January window,

00:20:24the saving grace is

00:20:25we managed to keep

00:20:26Ocean,

00:20:27McPherson and

00:20:28Josh,

00:20:29three loan deals

00:20:30at Bidwell for the

00:20:31opening part,

00:20:31so we've still got a

00:20:32bit of business to

00:20:32do hopefully.

00:20:33Yeah,

00:20:34Dede says,

00:20:35Peter get your

00:20:35facts right,

00:20:36it was 95 minutes

00:20:3757 when Celtic

00:20:39scored,

00:20:40Tierney was down

00:20:40in the 91st

00:20:41minute,

00:20:42for sake,

00:20:43okay,

00:20:45there's no need to

00:20:46be angry about it,

00:20:47it's only a game of

00:20:48football,

00:20:49I'm just saying,

00:20:50I mean I was

00:20:50waiting and I

00:20:52remember saying to

00:20:52someone on Saturday,

00:20:53I said,

00:20:53when are Stephen

00:20:54Presley's going to

00:20:55come out and have a

00:20:55wee pop there,

00:20:57but he was so,

00:20:58he really did,

00:21:00not because he

00:21:02should have come

00:21:02out and said it,

00:21:03maybe he just

00:21:03thought to himself,

00:21:04you know,

00:21:04he just was straight

00:21:06to the point,

00:21:07my players,

00:21:09performance,

00:21:10fantastic.

00:21:11He didn't want

00:21:13that time issue

00:21:14to overshadow how

00:21:15well his team did

00:21:16and become the

00:21:16story,

00:21:17so Elvis goes

00:21:18mad because of

00:21:18the times,

00:21:19so it's really good

00:21:20because he's putting

00:21:21all the praise on

00:21:21his players.

00:21:22Yeah,

00:21:22Oxlade-Chamberlain

00:21:23coming in,

00:21:25what do you make of

00:21:25that Ruffy?

00:21:26Well,

00:21:26we all know

00:21:27the height of his

00:21:28career,

00:21:28what a player he

00:21:29was,

00:21:30there's no doubt

00:21:30about that,

00:21:31he's now 32,

00:21:32he hasn't done a

00:21:33lot of game time,

00:21:34the usual,

00:21:35you know,

00:21:35his mates and

00:21:37all his people

00:21:37who he goes

00:21:38about to say

00:21:39he's still got it,

00:21:40so he has to

00:21:41prove it on the

00:21:41part.

00:21:42The New Bowsers,

00:21:43yeah.

00:21:44The New Yorkers,

00:21:45the New Yorkers,

00:21:46we bumped into

00:21:47a few of them.

00:21:48Papers,

00:21:48oh,

00:21:49the empty hair,

00:21:50they're saying,

00:21:51well,

00:21:52when has that

00:21:53ever happened,

00:21:53they've said he's

00:21:54rotten,

00:21:54let's see,

00:21:55you know,

00:21:56the only judgment

00:21:57will be when you

00:21:58get him on the

00:21:59part and everybody

00:21:59can make their

00:22:00own ideas up,

00:22:02you know,

00:22:02but certainly he

00:22:03has got something.

00:22:04When's he going

00:22:05on the part?

00:22:05That's a big

00:22:06question.

00:22:06Yeah.

00:22:06Yeah,

00:22:07I will.

00:22:07The thing is,

00:22:08I'm telling you

00:22:08right now,

00:22:09you're bringing

00:22:09people in who

00:22:10haven't played

00:22:11since the summer,

00:22:12you think about

00:22:14the players they've

00:22:14come up against

00:22:15right away,

00:22:16they've got like

00:22:1630 games,

00:22:1740 games under

00:22:17their belt right

00:22:18away,

00:22:18and then you have

00:22:19to get them,

00:22:20and they might

00:22:20actually manage

00:22:20for a couple of

00:22:21games,

00:22:21but the problem

00:22:21is you're running

00:22:22a risky injury,

00:22:23because you

00:22:24load too quickly.

00:22:25I give you

00:22:26a natural,

00:22:28same thing,

00:22:29two hamstrings.

00:22:30Now,

00:22:30I'm not suggesting

00:22:31that's going to...

00:22:31You've got to

00:22:32battle them

00:22:32fitness-wise to

00:22:33get them up to

00:22:33speed,

00:22:33but then you

00:22:34do that,

00:22:34as Alex said.

00:22:35You're running

00:22:35a risk.

00:22:36But what does

00:22:37he do?

00:22:38What's his

00:22:38options?

00:22:39They've got to

00:22:39give him a

00:22:39kind of many

00:22:40pre-season kind

00:22:40of thing,

00:22:41I'm sure he'll

00:22:41be working hard,

00:22:42they'll be training

00:22:42with the team,

00:22:42then he'll be

00:22:43doing extra

00:22:43running after it.

00:22:44Yeah.

00:22:44But I've been

00:22:45in that situation

00:22:46before,

00:22:46when you've not

00:22:46been playing,

00:22:47you come in

00:22:53do you ever

00:22:53have no playing?

00:22:55No.

00:22:58You too.

00:23:01You never

00:23:02moved anyway,

00:23:06you didn't,

00:23:07there was no

00:23:07chance,

00:23:07have you ever

00:23:08pulled a hamstring

00:23:09in your life?

00:23:10I actually

00:23:11played a couple

00:23:11of games with

00:23:12a broken ankle.

00:23:13What?

00:23:14Solid.

00:23:16The plaster

00:23:17was a bit

00:23:17of hindrance

00:23:18but I thought

00:23:18was it.

00:23:23I wonder

00:23:24what he's

00:23:26going to do.

00:23:27Where's he

00:23:27going to play?

00:23:28Well,

00:23:28Hugh Scott

00:23:29says,

00:23:30Peter,

00:23:31let's just

00:23:31see how

00:23:31Oxlade

00:23:32Chamberlain

00:23:32does,

00:23:33see if

00:23:34he's able

00:23:35to mix

00:23:38things up.

00:23:39I presume

00:23:39he's married

00:23:40to somebody

00:23:40from Little

00:23:40Mix,

00:23:41is he?

00:23:42Yeah,

00:23:42I did see

00:23:43one of them

00:23:44dancing up

00:23:45the stairs

00:23:45but I think

00:23:46that was a

00:23:46few years

00:23:46ago.

00:23:47Listen,

00:23:48at the end

00:23:49of the day,

00:23:50he's got

00:23:51him in,

00:23:51before he

00:23:52got him

00:23:53in,

00:23:53you said

00:23:53if he

00:23:53could get

00:23:54him in

00:23:54it would

00:23:54be a

00:23:54great

00:23:55signing.

00:23:56So,

00:23:56I get

00:23:57the sneaky

00:23:57feeling that

00:23:58Martin will

00:23:58look and

00:23:59say,

00:23:59OK,

00:24:00you know,

00:24:0120 minutes

00:24:02here,

00:24:0215 there,

00:24:03maybe just

00:24:03to ease

00:24:04him in.

00:24:04I think

00:24:04he leads

00:24:04him in,

00:24:05Peter,

00:24:05but I

00:24:05think

00:24:05there's

00:24:06definitely

00:24:06a spot

00:24:06up for

00:24:06grabs

00:24:07in that

00:24:07Celtic

00:24:07midfield.

00:24:08Is

00:24:08a number

00:24:08eight?

00:24:09Yeah,

00:24:09I think

00:24:09Rio

00:24:09Hattati for

00:24:10me is

00:24:10miles

00:24:11off the

00:24:11pace.

00:24:11I

00:24:11thought

00:24:11again

00:24:12the other

00:24:12night

00:24:12he was

00:24:12poor.

00:24:13He was

00:24:13fortunate

00:24:14to last

00:24:1469 minutes.

00:24:15So you've

00:24:15changed your

00:24:16mind now

00:24:16on the

00:24:16three then?

00:24:17No,

00:24:17I think

00:24:17he could

00:24:17go and

00:24:17play in

00:24:17there with

00:24:18Ingles and

00:24:20McGregor.

00:24:21So you

00:24:21had Ingles

00:24:22drop last

00:24:23week?

00:24:23No,

00:24:23no,

00:24:23never.

00:24:24Ingles and

00:24:24McGregor

00:24:25Hattati for

00:24:26me is the

00:24:26one.

00:24:27He can't

00:24:27knock back

00:24:2720 plus

00:24:28players.

00:24:28He'll be

00:24:30playing.

00:24:31But as I

00:24:32said,

00:24:32I don't know

00:24:33where he's

00:24:33going.

00:24:33I think

00:24:34he's probably

00:24:34a centre

00:24:34midfield

00:24:34player and

00:24:35I don't

00:24:35think he's

00:24:35got the

00:24:35legs to

00:24:36go and

00:24:36play wide.

00:24:36So I

00:24:37think he'll

00:24:37go in and

00:24:38be competition

00:24:39for places

00:24:39in the

00:24:39middle of

00:24:40the park.

00:24:40OK,

00:24:41Alec,

00:24:41you're not

00:24:41allowed to

00:24:42answer the

00:24:42quiz question,

00:24:43OK?

00:24:44So it's just

00:24:45one of those

00:24:45things.

00:24:46So the

00:24:47quiz question

00:24:47is,

00:24:48courtesy of

00:24:49Elite Joinery

00:24:50and Fire

00:24:50Protection,

00:24:51which club

00:24:52did Rangers

00:24:53sign James

00:24:54Tavernier

00:24:54from?

00:24:55I hope

00:24:56there's

00:24:56options.

00:24:59Ruffy?

00:25:00No,

00:25:00I'd be

00:25:01guessing.

00:25:01It's not

00:25:01long ago.

00:25:02Do you

00:25:02know that

00:25:03one?

00:25:04I need

00:25:04to think

00:25:04about it.

00:25:05Yeah,

00:25:05have a

00:25:05think about

00:25:05it.

00:25:05We'll

00:25:06give you

00:25:06the answer

00:25:06at the

00:25:07end.

00:25:08And also

00:25:09I think

00:25:09from your

00:25:10own point

00:25:10of view,

00:25:10you'll

00:25:11absolutely

00:25:11stroll

00:25:12that.

00:25:13Yeah,

00:25:14they have

00:25:14a team

00:25:15as well.

00:25:15Yeah,

00:25:16absolutely.

00:25:17Fantastic.

00:25:18OK,

00:25:18we'll give

00:25:18you the

00:25:18answer to

00:25:19that from

00:25:20our quiz

00:25:21sponsors,

00:25:22Elite

00:25:22Joinery and

00:25:22Fire

00:25:23Protection.

00:25:23Which

00:25:24team did

00:25:24Rangers

00:25:25sign James

00:25:26Tavernier

00:25:26from?

00:25:27143

00:25:28goals,

00:25:28not too

00:25:29bad,

00:25:30not too

00:25:30bad.

00:25:30Incredible

00:25:31where there's

00:25:31currently

00:25:3213 goals.

00:25:33And do you

00:25:33know the other

00:25:34thing about it?

00:25:34Is that what it

00:25:37is?

00:25:38No.

00:25:39He said it

00:25:41was such a

00:25:41serious face.

00:25:42Can I just

00:25:42say something

00:25:43to you?

00:25:43There's a

00:25:45yo-yo on

00:25:46the opinions

00:25:48on him.

00:25:48I have

00:25:49remained

00:25:49steadfast

00:25:50with him.

00:25:52I like him

00:25:52as a

00:25:54player going

00:25:55forward.

00:25:56I'm not

00:25:56interested in

00:25:57the criticism

00:25:59that's come

00:26:00his way.

00:26:01Get him

00:26:02out,

00:26:02keep him

00:26:03in,

00:26:03he's good,

00:26:04he's rubbish.

00:26:05This is a

00:26:05player who's

00:26:06scored 143

00:26:07goals and

00:26:08quite simply,

00:26:09when he

00:26:09leaves,

00:26:10there will

00:26:11be a

00:26:11different

00:26:11narrative

00:26:12on it

00:26:12because you're

00:26:12filling a

00:26:13gap that's

00:26:14a lot of

00:26:14goals.

00:26:15Very difficult

00:26:15to replace

00:26:15that,

00:26:16without a

00:26:16doubt.

00:26:16And I

00:26:16think when

00:26:17you actually

00:26:17look at the

00:26:17fee,

00:26:18I think it

00:26:18was 250

00:26:19grand.

00:26:20Where from?

00:26:22You try,

00:26:24Robbie,

00:26:24well done.

00:26:25I think he's,

00:26:26you know,

00:26:27and you're

00:26:27right about

00:26:27splitting

00:26:28opinions.

00:26:31He,

00:26:31he's played

00:26:32less this

00:26:33year,

00:26:33you know,

00:26:33he hasn't

00:26:34really been

00:26:34a mainstay

00:26:35as you like,

00:26:35and I

00:26:36think Danny

00:26:36Rose used

00:26:36him really

00:26:37well,

00:26:37but when you

00:26:37consider that

00:26:38he's still

00:26:38currently on

00:26:3913 goals,

00:26:41and I

00:26:41think he's

00:26:41reliable,

00:26:42I think his

00:26:42availability is

00:26:43one of the

00:26:43key things for

00:26:44Tav as well,

00:26:44he's very rarely

00:26:45injured,

00:26:47he traps up for

00:26:47training every

00:26:48day,

00:26:48so as a

00:26:50coach,

00:26:50and you know,

00:26:51it's one of the

00:26:52things you look

00:26:52for,

00:26:53availability,

00:26:53and he's been

00:26:54there for,

00:26:55what is it,

00:26:5511 years now,

00:26:56so he deserves

00:26:57everything to get,

00:26:58and the

00:26:58interesting question

00:26:59would be,

00:26:59he's obviously

00:26:59come to the end,

00:27:00he's got a

00:27:01testimonial in the

00:27:01summer,

00:27:01and the

00:27:03question would

00:27:03be,

00:27:03would he be

00:27:04entitled to

00:27:05the old

00:27:06one year

00:27:06added,

00:27:07because at

00:27:07his age he's

00:27:08not going to

00:27:08get two and

00:27:09three year

00:27:09deals,

00:27:10so would

00:27:11they give

00:27:11him it,

00:27:12you know,

00:27:12because of

00:27:13what I just

00:27:13said,

00:27:13availability,

00:27:14traps up

00:27:15with goals

00:27:15and assists,

00:27:17and then he's

00:27:17obviously been

00:27:17over the

00:27:18course and

00:27:18distance,

00:27:19so potentially

00:27:20maybe nick

00:27:20another year.

00:27:21Would you

00:27:21not like to,

00:27:23if you were

00:27:23James Tavernier,

00:27:24say to yourself,

00:27:24well I've got

00:27:25my testimonial,

00:27:26which is great,

00:27:27I'm now at

00:27:29the end of my

00:27:29contract,

00:27:30why don't I

00:27:30go away for

00:27:31two or three

00:27:31somewhere and

00:27:32sign and

00:27:33earn a wee

00:27:34bit of money

00:27:34on that

00:27:34signing on

00:27:35for you?

00:27:35Saudi.

00:27:36Yeah,

00:27:36listen,

00:27:37I actually

00:27:37don't know

00:27:38what his

00:27:38plans is,

00:27:39but the

00:27:40one thing

00:27:41about it

00:27:41is,

00:27:42it depends

00:27:43on his

00:27:44hunger,

00:27:44ultimately

00:27:45it'll come

00:27:45down to

00:27:45hunger,

00:27:45and ultimately

00:27:47see when it

00:27:48comes to

00:27:48that day

00:27:48you go,

00:27:49I'm not

00:27:49going to

00:27:50get up

00:27:50any more,

00:27:50it's

00:27:50becoming

00:27:50a problem,

00:27:51but this

00:27:51boy's not

00:27:51at that

00:27:52stage.

00:27:52No,

00:27:53I don't

00:27:53think so,

00:27:53you're

00:27:53right.

00:27:54Give me

00:27:54another

00:27:54Sally,

00:27:55from a

00:27:55football

00:27:56and a

00:27:56lot of

00:28:01three,

00:28:07centre-half,

00:28:07surely

00:28:08they know

00:28:08he's

00:28:09bombing

00:28:09forward,

00:28:10he's

00:28:10going to

00:28:10win,

00:28:11surely

00:28:11it's up

00:28:11to the

00:28:11centre-half

00:28:13to say,

00:28:13well I'll

00:28:13just go

00:28:14out there

00:28:15and give

00:28:15this boy

00:28:16a hand.

00:28:17I blame

00:28:17the centre-half

00:28:18on that

00:28:18side that

00:28:19doesn't

00:28:19cover for

00:28:20him.

00:28:20I think

00:28:21Rangers,

00:28:22for as long

00:28:22as I can

00:28:22remember,

00:28:23I could be

00:28:23wrong here,

00:28:24but say the

00:28:24last decade

00:28:25under his

00:28:25time,

00:28:26the majority

00:28:26of times

00:28:27they have

00:28:27played as

00:28:27a back

00:28:28four.

00:28:29I think

00:28:29recently

00:28:29Danny Rose

00:28:30went with

00:28:30a three and

00:28:31so forth,

00:28:31and I

00:28:32also think

00:28:32the number

00:28:33six is

00:28:33really

00:28:33pivotal

00:28:34when you've

00:28:35got full

00:28:35backs

00:28:36constantly

00:28:36bombing

00:28:36forward,

00:28:37he has

00:28:37to be

00:28:37the one

00:28:38that helps

00:28:38and gives

00:28:38a bit of

00:28:39protection

00:28:39in the

00:28:39transition.

00:28:40Connor

00:28:41Golsan

00:28:41was quite

00:28:41good for

00:28:42him at

00:28:42times as

00:28:42well,

00:28:42where he

00:28:43would roll

00:28:43around as

00:28:44a back

00:28:45forward,

00:28:45and when

00:28:46Tab

00:28:46went

00:28:46forward,

00:28:47he would

00:28:47more be

00:28:48over that

00:28:48ball

00:28:48side.

00:28:49There has

00:28:51been lapses,

00:28:52I don't

00:28:52think he can

00:28:52get away

00:28:53with that.

00:28:54Overall,

00:28:55when we

00:28:56do look

00:28:56back,

00:28:57he's

00:28:58done

00:28:59really

00:28:59well for

00:28:59the money

00:29:00that he

00:29:00costs,

00:29:01it's been

00:29:01a snip.

00:29:04If you're

00:29:05looking as

00:29:06an assistant

00:29:06and you've

00:29:07been in a

00:29:07manager's role

00:29:08as well,

00:29:09what would

00:29:10be the

00:29:10immediate

00:29:10thing you'd

00:29:11look at

00:29:11with James

00:29:12and say?

00:29:13Reliability.

00:29:13He's there

00:29:14constantly,

00:29:14so see the

00:29:15thing is,

00:29:15when you're

00:29:18in modern

00:29:18day football

00:29:18and you're

00:29:19playing especially

00:29:19Rangers every

00:29:20three days,

00:29:21when you're

00:29:22actually trapping

00:29:22up on a

00:29:23regular basis

00:29:24without any

00:29:25injuries,

00:29:25that's a hard

00:29:26thing to do,

00:29:26Peter.

00:29:26What would you

00:29:27do when you're

00:29:27sitting in a

00:29:28manager's office?

00:29:28The two of

00:29:29you,

00:29:30you and

00:29:30Mark,

00:29:30and you

00:29:30say,

00:29:30we'll get

00:29:31James Tavern

00:29:31here,

00:29:32he's got

00:29:32a weakness,

00:29:33sometimes it's

00:29:34set pieces,

00:29:34he doesn't

00:29:35watch the

00:29:35man on

00:29:35his shoulder,

00:29:36sometimes he's

00:29:37caught bombing

00:29:38forward and

00:29:38the ball's in

00:29:39behind him,

00:29:40so what would

00:29:41you and

00:29:41Mark sit

00:29:42down and

00:29:42say,

00:29:42or you,

00:29:42if you were

00:29:43the manager,

00:29:43and say,

00:29:44well,

00:29:44listen,

00:29:45in Britain we

00:29:46tend to,

00:29:46you know,

00:29:47we build

00:29:47people up,

00:29:48then we

00:29:48absolutely

00:29:48annihilate them

00:29:49and look for

00:29:49their weaknesses,

00:29:50so what would

00:29:50you say about,

00:29:52I know when he's

00:29:53good going

00:29:53forward,

00:29:58accommodate,

00:29:59there's strikers

00:30:00who are good

00:30:00at things.

00:30:01No,

00:30:01I think if you

00:30:02were trying to

00:30:03take a,

00:30:04because the one

00:30:04thing about him

00:30:05is he's had a

00:30:05licence to bomb

00:30:06forward,

00:30:06so the majority

00:30:08of coaches would

00:30:09be saying,

00:30:10listen,

00:30:10we're happy

00:30:11we've seen

00:30:11going forward

00:30:12and whatever

00:30:12that off-shot

00:30:14is,

00:30:15then we pay

00:30:16that price,

00:30:16but the thing

00:30:17is,

00:30:17as a team,

00:30:18you have to be

00:30:19better placed

00:30:20when he is

00:30:21bombing forward

00:30:21and a rest

00:30:22defence so that

00:30:23you're no daydreaming

00:30:23and then all of a

00:30:24sudden you've got

00:30:25this big gap,

00:30:25which we've seen

00:30:26at times,

00:30:26so I think if you

00:30:27were sitting in

00:30:28that situation,

00:30:29you would be

00:30:29saying to the

00:30:30other defenders,

00:30:31when he's there,

00:30:32your left back

00:30:32narrows round

00:30:33and you become

00:30:33more like a

00:30:35pendulum,

00:30:36when he goes up

00:30:36there,

00:30:37you just narrow

00:30:37back round

00:30:38because clearly

00:30:38the opposition

00:30:39will try and

00:30:41exploit that,

00:30:43so I think

00:30:44Rangers have

00:30:46done this so

00:30:46much better

00:30:47under Danny

00:30:47Rowe as well.

00:30:488-0,

00:30:49there was no

00:30:50thought whatsoever

00:30:51of the same

00:30:53shock as last

00:30:53season,

00:30:55so the

00:30:56point,

00:30:57Ryan Nadiri,

00:30:58will be

00:30:59absolutely

00:30:59delighted to

00:31:00come in,

00:31:01obviously the

00:31:01first one was

00:31:02soft,

00:31:04but he doesn't

00:31:04care,

00:31:05he got a good

00:31:06header in and

00:31:07managed to bag

00:31:07himself a couple.

00:31:09Yeah and that's

00:31:09what you want,

00:31:09as a striker going

00:31:10to a new club,

00:31:11you want to get

00:31:11off the mark as

00:31:12soon as possible,

00:31:12you want to get

00:31:13the fans behind

00:31:13you,

00:31:13he's come in for

00:31:14a hefty fee for

00:31:15Rangers point of

00:31:16view,

00:31:16he's still young,

00:31:17so he's got off

00:31:18to a flying start,

00:31:18he's got a couple

00:31:19of goals,

00:31:19he looked well,

00:31:20linked the game

00:31:20well and I

00:31:21thought he looked

00:31:22sharp,

00:31:22okay Queen's part,

00:31:23not the opposition,

00:31:24not great opposition,

00:31:25but all you can

00:31:26do as a striker

00:31:27is go and score

00:31:27goals and he

00:31:28looked dangerous

00:31:28all day,

00:31:30Mijofsky come on

00:31:30and scored as

00:31:31well again,

00:31:32scored a good

00:31:33goal,

00:31:33to have him

00:31:34to get the

00:31:34hat-tricks,

00:31:34all in all,

00:31:35Rangers from

00:31:36looking as if

00:31:37where's the

00:31:37creativity,

00:31:38where's the

00:31:38goals,

00:31:39the last two

00:31:39games,

00:31:40a week ago

00:31:40was a long

00:31:40time in

00:31:40football,

00:31:41scored 13

00:31:43goals in two

00:31:43games,

00:31:44so that's going

00:31:45to give all

00:31:46those strikers,

00:31:46all the floor

00:31:47players bags of

00:31:47confidence,

00:31:48it doesn't matter

00:31:48who the opposition

00:31:49are,

00:31:49if you're hitting

00:31:50the back of the

00:31:50net,

00:31:50it drives the

00:31:51confidence in the

00:31:55and I always

00:31:56think that drives

00:31:57the club forward

00:31:58as well,

00:31:58so I think

00:31:58it's a brilliant

00:31:59week for Rangers

00:31:59in terms of

00:32:00goals and

00:32:01confidence within

00:32:02the club will be

00:32:03flying.

00:32:03Isn't it amazing

00:32:04though when you've

00:32:04got that momentum

00:32:05when you're on

00:32:05that run,

00:32:07suddenly there's

00:32:07not as much of

00:32:08a focus on

00:32:10the new players

00:32:11coming in,

00:32:11you can ease

00:32:12them in,

00:32:13you can let them

00:32:13find their feet

00:32:14because before

00:32:15when they weren't

00:32:16getting the results,

00:32:18suddenly,

00:32:18he's hopeless,

00:32:21you've signed him,

00:32:21where's he come

00:32:22from,

00:32:22you know what I

00:32:23mean?

00:32:23We tend to live

00:32:24in a very reactive

00:32:25within a couple

00:32:26of games,

00:32:26he's hopeless,

00:32:28who's signed

00:32:28him?

00:32:28He's got to go

00:32:29as well,

00:32:29he's crap

00:32:30and ultimately

00:32:31what buys you

00:32:34time is wins

00:32:35and it just

00:32:36allows you to

00:32:37settle into the

00:32:38clubs because

00:32:39it does take

00:32:39time,

00:32:40it doesn't matter

00:32:40where you are

00:32:41and obviously

00:32:41this boy,

00:32:42Nidiri scored

00:32:42a couple of

00:32:42goals,

00:32:43I was encouraged

00:32:44by what I saw

00:32:45with him yesterday

00:32:45and I mean this

00:32:46with the greatest

00:32:47respect because

00:32:48obviously it was

00:32:49a really tough

00:32:49day for Queen's

00:32:50Park.

00:32:51For weeks,

00:32:52I've been seeing

00:32:53Chimiti and

00:32:54Majofsky,

00:32:55Danilo obviously

00:32:56went,

00:32:56I said it's

00:32:57these guys

00:32:57and they really

00:32:57need to start

00:32:58trapping up

00:32:58with goals

00:32:59and I always

00:33:00feel as if

00:33:01Chimiti kind of

00:33:01gets dragged

00:33:02to the ball,

00:33:02dragged to the

00:33:03ball and

00:33:04what I've seen

00:33:04with this boy

00:33:05Nidiri,

00:33:06this is obviously

00:33:07a snapshot

00:33:07because we don't

00:33:08know how he's

00:33:08going to progress

00:33:09against higher

00:33:10opposition.

00:33:11Yeah.

00:33:12There was a

00:33:12time he went

00:33:13towards a link

00:33:14on the left

00:33:15wing for him

00:33:16and just kind of

00:33:16linked and then

00:33:17he just burrowed

00:33:18round and then

00:33:18he just darted

00:33:19for the first post.

00:33:20Do you know what

00:33:21I mean?

00:33:21Yeah.

00:33:21He was trying to get

00:33:22between the sticks

00:33:22because he didn't

00:33:23have enough time

00:33:23by the time he'd

00:33:24set to go round

00:33:25the back,

00:33:26Peter,

00:33:26but the ball

00:33:27gets flashed

00:33:28across the face

00:33:28and he just

00:33:29hits it outside

00:33:29his right foot.

00:33:31I thought I'm

00:33:31actually seeing

00:33:32more kind of

00:33:33instinct for goals

00:33:36with this guy

00:33:37in an hour

00:33:38than I'd seen

00:33:39for the other

00:33:39couple.

00:33:40You know,

00:33:40I just think to

00:33:41myself,

00:33:41this guy wants

00:33:41to try and get

00:33:42in the kill zone.

00:33:43So early instincts

00:33:45are, well,

00:33:45if he can get

00:33:46the service

00:33:46into the guy,

00:33:47it looks as if

00:33:47he's going to

00:33:47put himself in

00:33:48the area to

00:33:49maybe get a

00:33:49goal or two.

00:33:50And I'll

00:33:51come to you

00:33:51a minute,

00:33:51Raffae,

00:33:52I'll just go

00:33:52back to Tam

00:33:52on that.

00:33:53And that is

00:33:53the point that

00:33:54I think lots

00:33:55of people get

00:33:55frustrated.

00:33:56See,

00:33:56when I see

00:33:57strikers starting

00:33:57to run in

00:33:58channels,

00:33:59I'm thinking,

00:34:00I wouldn't

00:34:00give me peace.

00:34:01The box is

00:34:02where you've

00:34:02earned your

00:34:02money.

00:34:03Go in there

00:34:04and get in

00:34:04there.

00:34:04And that's

00:34:05the point that

00:34:05I think Alex

00:34:06has highlighted

00:34:06that sometimes

00:34:07when I see

00:34:08Cermiti out of

00:34:09the box,

00:34:09I'm thinking,

00:34:09you're never

00:34:10going to score

00:34:10goals.

00:34:11I think there's

00:34:11certain strikers

00:34:12who get frustrated

00:34:12if they've

00:34:13not touched

00:34:13the ball for

00:34:13a while.

00:34:14And I think

00:34:14that's what

00:34:15happens.

00:34:15You come to

00:34:15the ball,

00:34:16you think,

00:34:16I've not touched

00:34:17the ball for

00:34:17four or five

00:34:17minutes,

00:34:18I need to go

00:34:18and get a

00:34:18touch,

00:34:19link the game,

00:34:20play a ball

00:34:20wide.

00:34:21But I think

00:34:21that the

00:34:22goal scorers,

00:34:23actual pure

00:34:24strikers,

00:34:25pure goal

00:34:25scorers don't

00:34:26bother about

00:34:26that.

00:34:27I think they

00:34:27just think to

00:34:27themselves,

00:34:28I've not touched

00:34:28the ball for

00:34:29four or five

00:34:29minutes,

00:34:29I don't care,

00:34:30I'm going to

00:34:30keep making

00:34:30the runs in

00:34:31between the

00:34:31posts,

00:34:32across the

00:34:33front of the

00:34:33defender,

00:34:33peeling off the

00:34:34defender and

00:34:35I'll get my

00:34:35goal.

00:34:35I'm not

00:34:36really concerned

00:34:37about linking

00:34:37the play,

00:34:38and Alex is

00:34:39right,

00:34:40I think Nadiri

00:34:40did show that

00:34:41at times,

00:34:41he had an

00:34:42instinct to

00:34:42try and get

00:34:42into the

00:34:43box to

00:34:43score goals

00:34:43and that's

00:34:44how he got

00:34:44his goals

00:34:44in the

00:34:45box,

00:34:45so I think

00:34:46encouraging

00:34:47signs from

00:34:47a Rangers

00:34:47point of

00:34:48view,

00:34:48he looks

00:34:49like a

00:34:49goal scorer.

00:34:50Well it was

00:34:52noticeable,

00:34:52six of the

00:34:53Rangers goals

00:34:54were all

00:34:54balls into

00:34:55the box,

00:34:56corners,

00:34:56I thought

00:34:58the best

00:34:58goal was

00:34:59the last

00:34:59goal,

00:35:00I thought

00:35:01the last

00:35:01goal was

00:35:01quality,

00:35:02that showed

00:35:03you that

00:35:04Rangers have

00:35:05their make-up

00:35:05to do that

00:35:06quick feat

00:35:06and everything

00:35:07and the

00:35:07players are

00:35:07obviously

00:35:08in the

00:35:09high when

00:35:09you're

00:35:09winning

00:35:097-0,

00:35:10everybody's

00:35:11wanting the

00:35:11ball

00:35:11but that

00:35:12goal for

00:35:13me was

00:35:14a warning

00:35:15to everybody

00:35:16else that

00:35:16these are

00:35:16confident

00:35:17players now,

00:35:18they're not

00:35:18going into a

00:35:19shell because

00:35:19the crowd

00:35:20are getting

00:35:20in their

00:35:20back,

00:35:21the crowd

00:35:22are now

00:35:22with them

00:35:22and they're

00:35:23enjoying

00:35:23every minute

00:35:24of it.

00:35:24Somebody was

00:35:25wanting to

00:35:26know what

00:35:26route you

00:35:26took up

00:35:27to Elgin,

00:35:28Alec.

00:35:29It was the

00:35:29longest day,

00:35:30it was the

00:35:31longest day.

00:35:32Now,

00:35:333-2,

00:35:34they made

00:35:36a battle

00:35:37of it

00:35:37but in

00:35:38the end,

00:35:40what's your

00:35:40thoughts on

00:35:41Tony Watt?

00:35:42He made a

00:35:42lung-busting

00:35:43run.

00:35:43What have

00:35:44we got,

00:35:4425 minutes?

00:35:45He's made

00:35:46an impression

00:35:47with you

00:35:47boys.

00:35:48Yeah,

00:35:48listen,

00:35:48I think

00:35:48he's an

00:35:50interesting

00:35:50character,

00:35:51he's a

00:35:52great boy

00:35:52to have

00:35:52about the

00:35:53place.

00:35:54I think

00:35:54he can

00:35:54be

00:35:54temperamental,

00:35:55he's

00:35:56certainly

00:35:57that,

00:35:58but I

00:35:59think

00:35:59everybody's

00:35:59embraced.

00:36:01As I

00:36:02said,

00:36:02the group

00:36:03in itself

00:36:03is really

00:36:04good.

00:36:05During the

00:36:06summer,

00:36:06we'd already

00:36:07done a

00:36:08hard shift

00:36:08and so

00:36:08forth,

00:36:09and they're

00:36:09playing the

00:36:10traitors,

00:36:11and me and

00:36:11Matt are

00:36:12sitting in the

00:36:13coaches'

00:36:13thing,

00:36:13what's that

00:36:14noise,

00:36:14man?

00:36:14Are you

00:36:15screaming?

00:36:16We have

00:36:17kids'

00:36:17groups and

00:36:18all that,

00:36:19and they're

00:36:20all playing

00:36:20traitors and

00:36:20they're all

00:36:21trying to do

00:36:21each other

00:36:21in,

00:36:22and Tony

00:36:22was

00:36:22instigated

00:36:23and all

00:36:23that.

00:36:24But he's

00:36:24really,

00:36:26him and

00:36:26Alex have

00:36:27been a

00:36:27real handful

00:36:28in the

00:36:28last three,

00:36:29four weeks,

00:36:30and the

00:36:32great thing

00:36:32about it is

00:36:33I think he's

00:36:33enjoying his

00:36:33football,

00:36:34and I think

00:36:34that's important

00:36:35when you get

00:36:35to a certain

00:36:35age as

00:36:36well.

00:36:37I think

00:36:37he's

00:36:38actually got

00:36:38more teams

00:36:39than

00:36:39time,

00:36:39which is

00:36:40a hard

00:36:40thing to

00:36:40do.

00:36:41We used

00:36:41to sit

00:36:41here as

00:36:42well,

00:36:42it was

00:36:42very

00:36:42apparent

00:36:43when we

00:36:44used

00:36:44to sit

00:36:44here and

00:36:44go,

00:36:45why is

00:36:45he

00:36:45moving?

00:36:46Why is

00:36:46he

00:36:46moving

00:36:46from

00:36:47the

00:36:47United?

00:36:47When

00:36:47he

00:36:48moving

00:36:48from

00:36:48Motherwell,

00:36:49he's

00:36:50not found

00:36:51a place

00:36:51that he

00:36:52likes.

00:36:53I think

00:36:53there's

00:36:54times when

00:36:55Tam's

00:36:55moved

00:36:56about

00:36:56more

00:36:56than

00:36:56anybody,

00:36:57it's

00:36:58because

00:36:58he's

00:36:58no

00:36:58goat

00:36:58mates.

00:36:59Generally

00:37:00when you're

00:37:00goat

00:37:00mates,

00:37:01you usually

00:37:03stay and

00:37:04enjoy it,

00:37:04you love

00:37:04going into

00:37:05training,

00:37:05and that

00:37:06looks as if

00:37:06what's

00:37:06happened

00:37:06at

00:37:07Partick

00:37:07Thistle,

00:37:07because I

00:37:08don't hear

00:37:08anybody

00:37:09saying he

00:37:09wants to

00:37:10go somewhere

00:37:10else,

00:37:10he's

00:37:11enjoying

00:37:11every

00:37:11minute.

00:37:12I

00:37:12don't

00:37:12know if

00:37:12you

00:37:12notice

00:37:12by

00:37:13but usually

00:37:13when we

00:37:14are rushing

00:37:14into the

00:37:15studio as

00:37:15well,

00:37:16sometimes

00:37:16you can

00:37:17slip,

00:37:18but Alec

00:37:18didn't

00:37:18slip because

00:37:19his socks

00:37:20are really

00:37:20really grippy

00:37:21now,

00:37:21you know,

00:37:22he's

00:37:22selling them

00:37:23to you

00:37:23as well.

00:37:24He's

00:37:24on Twitter

00:37:25and social

00:37:25media and

00:37:26all that,

00:37:26thanks for

00:37:26your support,

00:37:27get your

00:37:27socks

00:37:28out.

00:37:29Exactly.

00:37:31He's

00:37:32not even

00:37:32gave us a

00:37:32pair yet.

00:37:33They're

00:37:36definitely

00:37:37cast,

00:37:37they're

00:37:37just

00:37:37stitches

00:37:38coming

00:37:38away

00:37:39at the

00:37:39side.

00:37:40But

00:37:40nevertheless,

00:37:40I've

00:37:43seen

00:37:43red,

00:37:43white and

00:37:44blue

00:37:44socks.

00:37:44Oh,

00:37:45but I

00:37:45wouldn't.

00:37:46Yeah,

00:37:46red,

00:37:46white and

00:37:46blue

00:37:47early.

00:37:47Yeah,

00:37:47exactly.

00:37:49So,

00:37:51he had a

00:37:51long-busting

00:37:52run.

00:37:52Yes.

00:37:53He got a

00:37:53second chance

00:37:54in the

00:37:55box and

00:37:55he just

00:37:55lays it

00:37:56over

00:37:56nicely.

00:37:57You know,

00:37:57there's that

00:37:57patience and

00:37:58intelligent

00:37:59thinking.

00:38:00Yeah,

00:38:00it was a

00:38:01lovely ball

00:38:01to Crawford

00:38:01and he

00:38:02did really

00:38:03well initially

00:38:03because he

00:38:04picked the

00:38:05ball up in

00:38:05the halfway

00:38:05lane and

00:38:06crossed it,

00:38:08got a

00:38:08second bite

00:38:08of the

00:38:08cherry.

00:38:09But I

00:38:09think that's

00:38:10a good

00:38:10thing about

00:38:11Tony because

00:38:11he brings

00:38:11quality and

00:38:13he has

00:38:13composure.

00:38:14You can

00:38:15slow it

00:38:16down and

00:38:16it was a

00:38:17lovely little

00:38:17ball and

00:38:17got his

00:38:17up and

00:38:18running

00:38:18really well.

00:38:19Were you a

00:38:21wee bit

00:38:21lucky at the

00:38:21end to get

00:38:22the deflection?

00:38:23They battled

00:38:24well,

00:38:24didn't they?

00:38:25They were

00:38:25excellent.

00:38:26They really

00:38:27made it a

00:38:27difficult afternoon

00:38:28for us and

00:38:29when it goes

00:38:302-2 you're

00:38:31thinking,

00:38:31here we go

00:38:32man.

00:38:32Because you

00:38:32think to

00:38:33yourself,

00:38:33I thought

00:38:33we'd done

00:38:34enough.

00:38:34We created a

00:38:35couple of

00:38:35chances.

00:38:36They were

00:38:36popping out to

00:38:36midfielders and

00:38:37they were

00:38:37slashing and

00:38:39dragging the

00:38:39ball wide,

00:38:40not even

00:38:40making the

00:38:40keeper work.

00:38:42You just

00:38:42never know

00:38:42because you

00:38:43scored for a

00:38:44set play for

00:38:44the first one.

00:38:45You're thinking

00:38:46we're going to

00:38:46have to go for

00:38:47us.

00:38:47But the

00:38:47construction of

00:38:49the goal was

00:38:49really well

00:38:50worked.

00:38:52About four or

00:38:53five passes,

00:38:54one and two

00:38:54touches and

00:38:55obviously it

00:38:55comes back to

00:38:56standards.

00:38:56The great

00:38:56thing about

00:38:57standards is

00:38:57he has the

00:38:58ability to put

00:38:59his laces through

00:39:00it which gives

00:39:00you a fighting

00:39:01chance.

00:39:01If you had it

00:39:02on target you

00:39:03always get a

00:39:04chance of

00:39:05scoring.

00:39:06Thankfully he

00:39:06did that because

00:39:07he just didn't

00:39:08want that

00:39:08drag and then

00:39:09going into

00:39:09injury time

00:39:09you think

00:39:10here we

00:39:10go.

00:39:10Because if

00:39:11it goes to

00:39:11penalties it's

00:39:11a pure

00:39:12lottery.

00:39:13One of the

00:39:14things that

00:39:14surprised me

00:39:16when I was

00:39:16reading the

00:39:16stats,

00:39:1717 years

00:39:18since

00:39:18Dunfermline

00:39:19last reached

00:39:20the quarter

00:39:20finals of

00:39:23the Scottish

00:39:23Cup.

00:39:23It was a

00:39:24surprising

00:39:24start but

00:39:25fair play to

00:39:26Chris Kane,

00:39:27he got a

00:39:27double for

00:39:27them.

00:39:28Neil Lennon

00:39:29I noticed

00:39:29they get a

00:39:30bit tetchy

00:39:30with some

00:39:31people who

00:39:31were interviewing

00:39:31him at the

00:39:32end just

00:39:32because they

00:39:33were suggesting

00:39:34they didn't

00:39:34play well.

00:39:35So he had a

00:39:36wee pop at

00:39:36a couple of

00:39:37them but it

00:39:38doesn't matter

00:39:39in the

00:39:39Cup,

00:39:40just get

00:39:40through.

00:39:41Yeah,

00:39:41I think the

00:39:42boy Kane

00:39:42was disappointed

00:39:43with the

00:39:43one that

00:39:44obviously was

00:39:44no VAR.

00:39:45Was it

00:39:46over the

00:39:46line or

00:39:46was it?

00:39:47Do you

00:39:47think it

00:39:47was?

00:39:47The

00:39:48Russian

00:39:48linesman,

00:39:48I was

00:39:49looking at

00:39:49him and

00:39:49I thought

00:39:50it was

00:39:50miles over.

00:39:50Did you?

00:39:51From behind

00:39:52the goals?

00:39:52From the

00:39:53camera behind

00:39:53the goals?

00:39:54I actually

00:39:54slowed it

00:39:55down.

00:39:56Sports

00:39:56scene I

00:39:56just slowed

00:39:56down just

00:39:57to see

00:39:57if it dropped

00:39:58and you

00:39:59can actually

00:39:59see.

00:39:59Have you got

00:39:59that facility

00:40:00on your

00:40:00telly?

00:40:01I've got a

00:40:01skybox.

00:40:03Have you

00:40:03not gone

00:40:03like that?

00:40:03No.

00:40:04And it

00:40:04came right

00:40:04down,

00:40:05paused it and

00:40:05you could

00:40:06see a wee,

00:40:06I've been

00:40:07right up to

00:40:07the screen

00:40:08like that and

00:40:08I could

00:40:08see a wee

00:40:09gap between

00:40:09the line

00:40:09and the

00:40:10ball.

00:40:10So that

00:40:11was a

00:40:11goal.

00:40:12Yeah.

00:40:13By the way,

00:40:14if you

00:40:14ever,

00:40:15ever stopped

00:40:16your telly,

00:40:16right up to

00:40:17your eyes.

00:40:18Remember now,

00:40:19this is after

00:40:22he's been

00:40:22four hours in

00:40:23the pub

00:40:23when he's

00:40:25come back

00:40:25when he's

00:40:26where is

00:40:27the telly?

00:40:31He'll date

00:40:32anything to

00:40:33get a wee

00:40:33invite back

00:40:34to them

00:40:34family.

00:40:37He is

00:40:38young

00:40:39Ruffy

00:40:39junior

00:40:39because see

00:40:41if they

00:40:41can smell

00:40:41a starter,

00:40:42a main

00:40:43course and

00:40:43a sweet

00:40:44or,

00:40:45and this

00:40:45is something

00:40:45that he'll

00:40:46probably get

00:40:47a real

00:40:47flavour for

00:40:48and I

00:40:48don't know

00:40:48if,

00:40:49Alec,

00:40:49you and I

00:40:50have been

00:40:50pals for a

00:40:50long,

00:40:51long time,

00:40:51right?

00:40:52But you've

00:40:52got pals

00:40:53that I

00:40:53have never

00:40:53decided to

00:40:54steal them.

00:40:56Do you

00:40:56follow me?

00:40:56Absolutely.

00:40:57They're

00:40:57your pals,

00:40:58they're

00:40:58exclusively

00:40:59yours,

00:40:59not

00:41:00Bonzo

00:41:00or

00:41:00Ruffy

00:41:01there.

00:41:01If I've

00:41:01got pals

00:41:02that he

00:41:02thinks can

00:41:03get him

00:41:03a meal

00:41:04somewhere,

00:41:05fix something

00:41:05in his

00:41:06house,

00:41:06you name

00:41:07it,

00:41:07he's in

00:41:07there and

00:41:08now he's

00:41:08got their

00:41:09numbers and

00:41:10it's as if

00:41:10I've had the

00:41:11custard pie and

00:41:12he's in there

00:41:13going for

00:41:13meals and

00:41:14everything with

00:41:14him.

00:41:15He's a

00:41:15moron.

00:41:16I can't deny

00:41:17it.

00:41:17I can't deny

00:41:18it.

00:41:20You're

00:41:20unbelievable.

00:41:21Anyway,

00:41:22Dunfermline,

00:41:22who cares

00:41:23the way you

00:41:23played,

00:41:23Tam?

00:41:24Cup football.

00:41:25Nobody cares

00:41:26how you

00:41:27play,

00:41:27just get

00:41:27through.

00:41:28Absolutely.

00:41:29St Mirren

00:41:30get through,

00:41:31Stephen Robinson

00:41:31breathing a

00:41:32sigh of relief.

00:41:34By the way,

00:41:35should Airdrie have

00:41:36had a penalty?

00:41:38What's the

00:41:38referee doing?

00:41:39It's a storm

00:41:39waller,

00:41:39man.

00:41:40I can't believe

00:41:41he's not gave

00:41:41the penalty.

00:41:43They can feel

00:41:44very, very

00:41:44hard done by.

00:41:46I thought

00:41:46St Mumme

00:41:47probably just

00:41:47edged it and

00:41:48obviously got the

00:41:49winner towards

00:41:49the end,

00:41:50but again,

00:41:51I thought

00:41:51Airdrie played

00:41:51a lot of

00:41:52nice football.

00:41:52They're a good

00:41:53football team.

00:41:54Will somebody

00:41:54steal Henderson?

00:41:56Yeah,

00:41:56he's been excellent

00:41:57this season with

00:41:5717 goals.

00:41:58That's great for

00:41:59a club that's

00:41:59struggling near the

00:42:00bottom of the

00:42:00league.

00:42:01Obviously,

00:42:02started at

00:42:02hearts,

00:42:02I think.

00:42:03Started and

00:42:03bounced about a

00:42:04wee bit,

00:42:04but I've seen

00:42:05him a couple of

00:42:06times on the

00:42:06Friday night

00:42:07football and

00:42:08he's been

00:42:09excellent this

00:42:09season for

00:42:09Airdrie.

00:42:10So there

00:42:10is bigger

00:42:11clubs looking

00:42:12at him,

00:42:12like Alex

00:42:13said.

00:42:13Yeah,

00:42:14he's just

00:42:16trying to

00:42:16get him

00:42:18to get a

00:42:18move to

00:42:18Thistle.

00:42:19Listen to

00:42:20anybody,

00:42:20bag 17's

00:42:21goal is

00:42:21well worth

00:42:22a look,

00:42:22but the

00:42:22other point

00:42:23I was

00:42:23going to

00:42:23take,

00:42:24mention to

00:42:24you,

00:42:25Ruffey,

00:42:25the boy

00:42:25Odullwoo

00:42:26looked really

00:42:27dangerous for

00:42:28St Mirren.

00:42:28He had some

00:42:29good chances,

00:42:30good link-up

00:42:31play and of

00:42:31course got the

00:42:32winner.

00:42:32Yeah,

00:42:33he certainly

00:42:33did.

00:42:34I thought he

00:42:34should have

00:42:35more than that.

00:42:35I thought he

00:42:36was the main

00:42:36man.

00:42:37He was the

00:42:37one that was

00:42:38causing all the

00:42:38problems.

00:42:39A wee bit of

00:42:39trickery run

00:42:40about the

00:42:40box,

00:42:41very difficult

00:42:41for the

00:42:42defenders to

00:42:43anticipate what

00:42:44he's going to

00:42:45do.

00:42:46It was a great

00:42:47goal he scored

00:42:47as well,

00:42:48but I'm sure

00:42:49Alec will do

00:42:49his homework

00:42:50on them before

00:42:51the 7th of

00:42:52March.

00:42:52It's a wee

00:42:53well to go

00:42:54there.

00:42:55I'm sure Alec

00:42:56would have

00:42:56preferred a

00:42:57home tie,

00:42:58which you

00:42:58like.

00:42:59You like

00:42:59your own

00:42:59nucleus of

00:43:00your own

00:43:01fans and

00:43:01majority there.

00:43:03The way

00:43:03St Mirren is

00:43:04just now,

00:43:04the atmosphere

00:43:05in that

00:43:05stadium with

00:43:06the amount

00:43:06of Thistle

00:43:07supporters that

00:43:07will go to

00:43:08that game,

00:43:08plus the

00:43:09St Mirren

00:43:09supporters

00:43:10will be a

00:43:10fantastic

00:43:11night.

00:43:13Just another

00:43:13wee thing that

00:43:14happens,

00:43:15from my

00:43:17point of

00:43:17view,

00:43:18you look at

00:43:19sometimes when

00:43:19they get a

00:43:20lone player

00:43:20from somewhere,

00:43:22Jacob

00:43:22Devaney,

00:43:23Man United,

00:43:24what a

00:43:25wee steal he

00:43:27is,

00:43:27isn't he?

00:43:28I don't

00:43:29know if

00:43:29we've

00:43:29spoken,

00:43:30but the

00:43:30go-through

00:43:30of the

00:43:31week was

00:43:31tremendous.

00:43:32He just

00:43:32looks assured

00:43:33and he's

00:43:34comfortable.

00:43:34You look at

00:43:35a player and

00:43:35you go,

00:43:35he's actually

00:43:36got a bit

00:43:36of that

00:43:36boy.

00:43:37He has a

00:43:38composure about

00:43:38him as

00:43:39well,

00:43:39which I

00:43:39quite like,

00:43:39he just

00:43:40goes about

00:43:40his business.

00:43:41They're the

00:43:42kind that

00:43:42are so

00:43:44important,

00:43:45these type

00:43:45of players,

00:43:46because there's

00:43:46so many

00:43:47players come

00:43:47up from

00:43:48bigger clubs

00:43:49down south

00:43:49or have a

00:43:50pedigree from

00:43:51down south

00:43:51and they just

00:43:52don't hack it.

00:43:53What happened

00:43:55to the guy

00:43:56Amid Diallo?

00:43:57He's a

00:43:58totally

00:43:58transformed

00:43:59player from

00:43:59the one

00:44:00Rangers

00:44:00got,

00:44:00too young.

00:44:01Yeah,

00:44:02sometimes you

00:44:02come up

00:44:03here and

00:44:03that's part

00:44:04of the

00:44:04experience

00:44:05and growth

00:44:05and then

00:44:07obviously

00:44:07Diallo went

00:44:07to Sunderland,

00:44:08another one

00:44:09of my old

00:44:09teams and

00:44:10then he

00:44:10obviously

00:44:11just hits

00:44:11the ground,

00:44:12he fits

00:44:12the system,

00:44:13it works and

00:44:14you become

00:44:14the main

00:44:15man in it so

00:44:15you start

00:44:16growing in

00:44:16statue,

00:44:16whereas up

00:44:17here,

00:44:18people within

00:44:19five minutes

00:44:19are going,

00:44:20oh,

00:44:20he's a dud,

00:44:21how much

00:44:21do you buy

00:44:21for him

00:44:2140 million?

00:44:23So,

00:44:23there's a lot

00:44:24of times

00:44:24that the

00:44:25timing of

00:44:25it is also

00:44:27important because

00:44:27sometimes you

00:44:28get boys that

00:44:28are too young.

00:44:29I thought there

00:44:30was a couple

00:44:30of the young

00:44:31boys came to

00:44:31Rangers at

00:44:32the wrong

00:44:32time,

00:44:33when things

00:44:33weren't going

00:44:34particularly

00:44:34well and the

00:44:35fans were

00:44:35in the

00:44:36team's back

00:44:36and they're

00:44:37young lads

00:44:38and all of

00:44:39a sudden

00:44:40there's 50,000

00:44:41people howling

00:44:42abuse and

00:44:42oh god,

00:44:43never been here

00:44:44before so that

00:44:45could be a

00:44:45factor as well.

00:44:46Ruffey,

00:44:47you and I

00:44:47called all the

00:44:47games I think

00:44:48correctly,

00:44:49Tam,

00:44:49Stenisbury

00:44:500,

00:44:50Falkirk 2,

00:44:51we were even

00:44:52amazed that you

00:44:53well you weren't

00:44:54amazed because

00:44:54you weren't

00:44:54here,

00:44:55you didn't

00:44:55show up,

00:44:56we were amazed

00:44:56that you had

00:44:57gone for

00:44:57Falkirk to

00:44:58lose that game.

00:44:59I just thought

00:45:00Stenisbury would

00:45:01because of

00:45:02you upset,

00:45:02they took

00:45:03them extra

00:45:03time,

00:45:04Stenisbury were

00:45:05excellent on

00:45:06the night,

00:45:06I thought they

00:45:07really denied

00:45:08Falkirk many

00:45:09chances but I

00:45:10just think the

00:45:12quality and

00:45:12fitness and

00:45:12extra time just

00:45:13took over and

00:45:14Falkirk made a

00:45:15couple of changes

00:45:15and they came

00:45:16on and got the

00:45:17goals to get

00:45:18them through but I

00:45:18thought Stenisbury

00:45:19would take a lot

00:45:19of credit out of

00:45:20the game,

00:45:20I thought Gary

00:45:20Naismith's got a

00:45:21cracking team there,

00:45:23all worked hard for

00:45:23each other and just

00:45:24ran out of legs I

00:45:25think towards the end.

00:45:25Yeah,

00:45:26okay,

00:45:26we now know what

00:45:27the draw is and

00:45:29should be really

00:45:30interesting ties,

00:45:32that's the Scottish

00:45:33Cup for you,

00:45:33give us your

00:45:34thoughts,

00:45:34who do you think's

00:45:35going to win it

00:45:35there,

00:45:35you can see it

00:45:36there again,

00:45:37St Mirren against

00:45:38Partick,

00:45:38Fischl,

00:45:39Falkirk against

00:45:40Dundee United or

00:45:40Spartans,

00:45:41Rangers against

00:45:42Celtic and

00:45:44Infermline against

00:45:45Aberdeen and

00:45:46Motherwell and I

00:45:46would give to you

00:45:47this point Ruffy,

00:45:48that every other

00:45:49club is thinking,

00:45:50yeah dancer,

00:45:51we're going to take

00:45:52one of them out,

00:45:53we're going to a

00:45:54final,

00:45:54which one do you

00:45:55think is going to

00:45:56a final?

00:45:56Well,

00:45:58from Bias on my

00:45:59side I hope it's

00:46:00Alec and Partick

00:46:01Thistle,

00:46:02I think the tie

00:46:03that they've got

00:46:04is winnable,

00:46:05it'll be a hard

00:46:06one,

00:46:06but I'm sure as

00:46:07you've just said

00:46:08there,

00:46:09when that draw

00:46:09came out every

00:46:10other team would

00:46:11be saying,

00:46:11right that's one

00:46:12of them out of

00:46:12the road,

00:46:13let's try and stay

00:46:14away from the

00:46:14other ones,

00:46:15but you really

00:46:16want a semi-final,

00:46:17you want your

00:46:18club and your

00:46:19players,

00:46:20if they're young

00:46:20players to experience

00:46:21going to a semi-final

00:46:22and if luck goes

00:46:24away and you get

00:46:25to the final it's a

00:46:26bonus,

00:46:26but a run can

00:46:28enhance what's

00:46:29happening in the

00:46:29rest of the season,

00:46:31you get your

00:46:31semi-final,

00:46:32your players are

00:46:33buzzing,

00:46:33who are we

00:46:33playing in the

00:46:34league,

00:46:34oh we'll have

00:46:34them,

00:46:35who are we

00:46:35getting next

00:46:36week,

00:46:36oh we'll have

00:46:36them,

00:46:37it's a

00:46:37momental thing

00:46:38now and a

00:46:39lot of the

00:46:39teams are

00:46:40thinking to

00:46:40themselves,

00:46:41we're not good

00:46:42enough to win

00:46:43it and that,

00:46:43but let's use

00:46:44it to our

00:46:45advantage for

00:46:45any other

00:46:46success that's

00:46:47left in the

00:46:47season.

00:46:48Yeah,

00:46:48let's have a

00:46:49wee stab at

00:46:49it,

00:46:49Rangers or Celtic

00:46:50versus Motherwell

00:46:51in the final?

00:46:52I did tip

00:46:53Motherwell about

00:46:53two weeks ago

00:46:54at 14-1 to win

00:46:55the Scottish

00:46:55Cup,

00:46:56on the show.

00:46:56Have you got

00:46:57Dosh on it?

00:46:58No,

00:46:59but I did tip

00:46:59the viewers,

00:47:00so hopefully

00:47:00it's going to

00:47:02be five or

00:47:02ten.

00:47:04I'm on it

00:47:05to think.

00:47:07I'm not on

00:47:09it to think.

00:47:10Looking Pinocchio's

00:47:11nose just hit me

00:47:12there.

00:47:1414-1.

00:47:16Won't be 14-1

00:47:17now,

00:47:18if they beat

00:47:19Aberdeen

00:47:20obviously they've

00:47:20got,

00:47:21they're on

00:47:21fair enough

00:47:21to win a little

00:47:22bit.

00:47:22Falkirk will

00:47:23fancy it as

00:47:23well.

00:47:24Won't we

00:47:24done the

00:47:24United?

00:47:25Yeah.

00:47:26Semi-final will

00:47:27be great as

00:47:27well because

00:47:28what happens

00:47:29with the

00:47:29money,

00:47:30Alec?

00:47:30Do you get

00:47:30a split if

00:47:31you got to

00:47:31the semi-final?

00:47:32I genuinely

00:47:33don't know.

00:47:34I think there's

00:47:35a 50-50 split

00:47:36if they're not

00:47:36in the semi-final

00:47:37money.

00:47:38Oh,

00:47:38I think so.

00:47:38They're two

00:47:38ties.

00:47:40They're both

00:47:41semi-final?

00:47:41They're two

00:47:41ties.

00:47:42I think they

00:47:43put together.

00:47:44Yeah,

00:47:44that would be

00:47:45great for you.

00:47:46You could buy

00:47:47Henderson from

00:47:48Airdrie and

00:47:49you could get

00:47:49Tiffany as

00:47:50well and

00:47:51then you

00:47:51could make

00:47:51a right

00:47:51push.

00:47:53A wee

00:47:53tiff.

00:47:54A wee

00:47:54tiff.

00:47:54You like

00:47:55tiff,

00:47:55don't you?

00:47:55Have you seen

00:47:55him in the

00:47:56morning?

00:47:56He's going

00:47:56for breakfast

00:47:56with Tiffany.

00:47:57Yeah,

00:47:57absolutely.

00:47:58Oh,

00:47:58no.

00:47:59Oh,

00:47:59deary me.

00:48:01Unbelievable.

00:48:02I can't

00:48:02believe you've

00:48:04gone for that.

00:48:06Okay.

00:48:08Now,

00:48:08as far as the

00:48:10Scottish Cup is

00:48:11concerned,

00:48:12give us your

00:48:12thoughts.

00:48:13But this

00:48:14week in the

00:48:15league,

00:48:16I'm really

00:48:17looking forward

00:48:17to it.

00:48:18I'm off to

00:48:18Tyne Castle

00:48:19tomorrow,

00:48:20Ruffy.

00:48:21Hearts against

00:48:22Tibbs.

00:48:22It's going to

00:48:22be an absolute

00:48:23belter.

00:48:24And what a

00:48:25week it is

00:48:25because Hearts

00:48:26have Rangers

00:48:27at the weekend

00:48:28as well.

00:48:29Is this the

00:48:30week when

00:48:31it's destiny

00:48:32calling?

00:48:33Yeah,

00:48:33I think you

00:48:34would say

00:48:34that.

00:48:35Looking at

00:48:36the games

00:48:36and the

00:48:37teams that

00:48:38come through

00:48:38it will

00:48:39think,

00:48:39well,

00:48:40we're now

00:48:40really motoring

00:48:41on.

00:48:42It's

00:48:42unfortunate

00:48:43that Tams

00:48:43call them.

00:48:44It's a

00:48:44Friday,

00:48:45Saturday.

00:48:46I've done

00:48:46my column

00:48:47on this

00:48:48game.

00:48:49All the

00:48:50pressure's on

00:48:50Hearts.

00:48:52All the

00:48:52pressure's on

00:48:52Hearts.

00:48:52There's no

00:48:53pressure at

00:48:53all on

00:48:53Hibbs,

00:48:53really.

00:48:54I was

00:48:54speaking to

00:48:55a number

00:48:55of

00:48:55Hibbs

00:48:56yesterday,

00:48:56Ruffy.

00:48:56I was in

00:48:57Edinburgh,

00:48:58I was listening

00:49:00to a really

00:49:00good afternoon

00:49:01speaker,

00:49:02John Yogi

00:49:02Hughes,

00:49:02a lot of

00:49:03his own

00:49:03material,

00:49:04lots of

00:49:05really good

00:49:05fresh stuff

00:49:06on it,

00:49:07which maybe

00:49:07you two

00:49:08should take

00:49:08a long

00:49:08hard look

00:49:09at

00:49:09yourselves.

00:49:10Every

00:49:10Hibby I

00:49:11spoke to

00:49:11said,

00:49:11it doesn't

00:49:13matter,

00:49:13just scupper

00:49:14them winning

00:49:14the title.

00:49:15That's all

00:49:16they care

00:49:17about.

00:49:17That's what

00:49:17punters are

00:49:18about,

00:49:18that's what

00:49:19you want

00:49:19to do,

00:49:19you want

00:49:19to kibosh

00:49:21the team

00:49:21that's

00:49:22your biggest

00:49:23rivals.

00:49:24I don't

00:49:25think Hibbs

00:49:26have done

00:49:26it that

00:49:26much.

00:49:27It's such

00:49:27an important

00:49:28game for

00:49:29Hearts.

00:49:30I don't

00:49:31think a

00:49:31mega game

00:49:32like this.

00:49:33When's

00:49:33the biggest

00:49:33game that

00:49:34scuppered

00:49:35something?

00:49:37The Cup

00:49:38game,

00:49:39because it's

00:49:39ten years

00:49:39since I

00:49:40came out

00:49:40of that

00:49:40tweet,

00:49:41but

00:49:41nevertheless,

00:49:42what about

00:49:43you steaming

00:49:44in on me

00:49:45as well,

00:49:45eh?

00:49:46Giving me

00:49:46a right

00:49:46kick in

00:49:47it.

00:49:47It's cheap.

00:49:48Honestly,

00:49:49it really

00:49:49is.

00:49:50And by

00:49:50the way,

00:49:51Alec,

00:49:51I never

00:49:51took it.

00:49:52It was a

00:49:52pathetic

00:49:52tweet.

00:49:53I've never

00:49:53taken the

00:49:56tweet down.

00:49:56You know

00:49:57how some

00:49:57people take

00:49:58the tweet

00:49:58down so

00:49:59they can

00:49:59disappear?

00:50:00I've just

00:50:00left it up

00:50:01there to

00:50:02be kicked.

00:50:02So every

00:50:03year the

00:50:03Hibbies

00:50:03absolutely

00:50:04batter me.

00:50:05But can

00:50:05I just

00:50:06say something

00:50:06Alain,

00:50:07hearts are

00:50:072-0 up.

00:50:08It's that

00:50:09Tyne Castle.

00:50:10How many

00:50:10minutes are

00:50:10left?

00:50:11It's about

00:50:1110 minutes.

00:50:12I'm thinking

00:50:13they've gone.

00:50:14They're out.

00:50:14And even

00:50:15worse was

00:50:15Hibs

00:50:16actually,

00:50:16they didn't

00:50:17just not

00:50:17lose the

00:50:18game,

00:50:18they won

00:50:18the cup.

00:50:19Exactly.

00:50:20Did you know

00:50:21playing a

00:50:22game that

00:50:23went,

00:50:23somebody was

00:50:24up and

00:50:24ended up

00:50:25four each

00:50:25or something?

00:50:25I played

00:50:26in the

00:50:26four each

00:50:26game,

00:50:26we were

00:50:264-2 up.

00:50:28Too

00:50:28missed.

00:50:314-2

00:50:31up?

00:50:32You know

00:50:32what it

00:50:32was?

00:50:34So many

00:50:34games over

00:50:35the Christmas

00:50:35period and

00:50:36it was

00:50:36January 2nd

00:50:37at

00:50:38Tyne Castle

00:50:38and Bobby

00:50:39Olmson

00:50:39says,

00:50:40listen

00:50:41boys,

00:50:41you's

00:50:41won the

00:50:41day,

00:50:42you's

00:50:42a

00:50:42half

00:50:42to

00:50:43Thursday.

00:50:44It was

00:50:44like three

00:50:44days

00:50:44half.

00:50:45I'm

00:50:46outscored,

00:50:47come

00:50:47half at

00:50:484-2

00:50:48up thinking

00:50:49win

00:50:50bonus,

00:50:50I've

00:50:50scored

00:50:50a

00:50:51derby,

00:50:51I've

00:50:51got three

00:50:51days

00:50:52half,

00:50:52I'm

00:50:52going

00:50:55who

00:50:56comes

00:50:56on,

00:50:56Graham

00:50:57Weir.

00:50:59Nobody

00:50:59knows and

00:51:01comes

00:51:01on and

00:51:02scores

00:51:022-4

00:51:02each.

00:51:03And we're

00:51:04in the

00:51:04next day.

00:51:05Well,

00:51:05I absolutely

00:51:06get Cain,

00:51:06but then I

00:51:07saw you

00:51:07battering me

00:51:08as well

00:51:08on it.

00:51:09Let's

00:51:09get the

00:51:09predictions

00:51:10on it.

00:51:11The other

00:51:11thing we

00:51:12were talking

00:51:12about using

00:51:13players,

00:51:14Derek

00:51:14McInnes has

00:51:15said in

00:51:15the last

00:51:1624 hours

00:51:16that he's

00:51:18having to

00:51:18use them

00:51:19sparingly,

00:51:19the new

00:51:20signs,

00:51:20they need

00:51:20to get

00:51:21up to

00:51:21speed.

00:51:21He's

00:51:22had

00:51:22Chesnikov

00:51:22doing extra

00:51:23running,

00:51:23he's trying

00:51:24to get

00:51:24them to

00:51:25the point

00:51:25that we've

00:51:26all been

00:51:26talking about

00:51:26with the

00:51:27likes of

00:51:27Oxlade

00:51:27Chamberlain.

00:51:28I just

00:51:30think for

00:51:30the last

00:51:30month or

00:51:31so they

00:51:31haven't been

00:51:32where they

00:51:33were earlier

00:51:33than that.

00:51:34I thought

00:51:35they were

00:51:35fantastic.

00:51:36Now they're

00:51:37getting players

00:51:38sent off,

00:51:38obviously it

00:51:39doesn't

00:51:39help the

00:51:40cause,

00:51:41but certainly

00:51:42I just

00:51:42think they're

00:51:43stumbling a

00:51:44wee bit just

00:51:44now,

00:51:45and then

00:51:46you don't

00:51:47know what's

00:51:48going to

00:51:48happen.

00:51:48I think

00:51:49this game

00:51:50could go

00:51:50either way

00:51:50with big

00:51:51moments in

00:51:52the game

00:51:52and let's

00:51:53hope there

00:51:53no VAR

00:51:54moments.

00:51:55I'll tell you

00:51:55one thing

00:51:56that's really

00:51:56making it

00:51:57difficult to

00:51:57call,

00:51:59is the

00:51:59fact that

00:52:00Hibbs,

00:52:01of their

00:52:01new signings,

00:52:02when he's

00:52:02thrown them

00:52:03on in the

00:52:03last couple

00:52:04of games,

00:52:04they're at

00:52:05the road,

00:52:05the boy

00:52:05Kai Andrews

00:52:06looks the

00:52:06part,

00:52:07you're looking

00:52:08and saying

00:52:08to yourself,

00:52:09they've

00:52:10spent wisely.

00:52:10I think

00:52:11Hibbs are

00:52:12converting

00:52:12now,

00:52:13with Bowie

00:52:14money,

00:52:14they brought

00:52:14Dane

00:52:15Scarlett

00:52:15in from

00:52:15Tottenham,

00:52:16who was

00:52:16excellent

00:52:16last night

00:52:16against

00:52:17Dundee

00:52:17United,

00:52:17very,

00:52:18very good

00:52:18for an

00:52:18hour,

00:52:1970 minutes,

00:52:20a Croatian

00:52:21striker comes

00:52:21on and scores

00:52:21a great goal,

00:52:22he's scored the

00:52:23winning goal,

00:52:24Suto,

00:52:24and Gananga at

00:52:26the back,

00:52:27played in the

00:52:28Champions League

00:52:28with Copenhagen,

00:52:29so I think

00:52:30the Hibbs have

00:52:31got a stronger

00:52:31squad now,

00:52:32more depth

00:52:32than their

00:52:32team,

00:52:32just that

00:52:34freshness,

00:52:35the lad

00:52:35Eldin coming in

00:52:36from Ireland as

00:52:37well,

00:52:37I just think

00:52:40has it changed

00:52:41or altered

00:52:42your outlook

00:52:42to it,

00:52:43I never read

00:52:43your column.

00:52:44Yeah,

00:52:44no,

00:52:45I think

00:52:46Hibbs can,

00:52:46the only thing

00:52:47they can do

00:52:47is try and

00:52:48catch Mother

00:52:481-4th,

00:52:49which I don't

00:52:49think they

00:52:49will,

00:52:51so you're

00:52:51talking 5th or

00:52:526th,

00:52:52the only thing

00:52:53they can do

00:52:54as you spoke

00:52:54about is try

00:52:55and scupper

00:52:55hearts,

00:52:56and it's a

00:52:56perfect opportunity

00:52:57to go and do

00:52:57it tomorrow

00:52:58night.

00:52:58Are they going

00:52:58to do it?

00:52:59Yeah,

00:52:59I think they'll

00:52:59win,

00:53:00I think Hibbs

00:53:00will beat

00:53:00hearts 2-1.

00:53:01At

00:53:02Tynecastle?

00:53:02Yes.

00:53:03Yeah,

00:53:03okay,

00:53:10I'm sitting

00:53:11on the fence

00:53:111-H.

00:53:12You ever,

00:53:14ever,

00:53:14I do,

00:53:15no,

00:53:15you never said

00:53:15this,

00:53:16I think that'll

00:53:18be the score,

00:53:19that's my

00:53:19prediction.

00:53:21Never tips Hibbs,

00:53:22yeah,

00:53:22never tip Hibbs.

00:53:24Okay,

00:53:24I'm going to go

00:53:25hearts to win

00:53:253-2,

00:53:26five goals.

00:53:28Surprised at

00:53:28that.

00:53:29Yeah,

00:53:29well,

00:53:30there's nothing

00:53:33to do with

00:53:34being a Hibbs,

00:53:35I'm giving you

00:53:36the call,

00:53:36if Ruffy's

00:53:37got his

00:53:37prediction,

00:53:37I've got mine.

00:53:38The Wednesday

00:53:39guys,

00:53:40we've got Celtic

00:53:40Livingston,

00:53:41Dundee United

00:53:41against Aberdeen,

00:53:43Falkirk Dundee,

00:53:44Kilmarnock against

00:53:45St Mirren and

00:53:46Motherwell Rangers.

00:53:47Now,

00:53:49Alec,

00:53:50the one at

00:53:51Fir Park,

00:53:52I think this

00:53:53is,

00:53:54you know,

00:53:54when you go on

00:53:55that run and

00:53:56everybody's talking

00:53:56about momentum,

00:53:57I think this is

00:53:58their biggest test.

00:53:59Yeah,

00:53:59no,

00:53:59and I agree,

00:54:01I'm fascinated,

00:54:01I was having some

00:54:02lunch with some

00:54:03other players and

00:54:04I'm thinking,

00:54:04how do you

00:54:04approach this?

00:54:06How do you

00:54:06approach it?

00:54:07You know,

00:54:08do you just go

00:54:09man for man and

00:54:10lock on?

00:54:10And think like,

00:54:11okay,

00:54:11we're going to

00:54:11really overwhelm

00:54:12you,

00:54:12but I think

00:54:14those teams have

00:54:15really tried to

00:54:15press Motherwell

00:54:16at times and

00:54:16have just found

00:54:17ways to pop it

00:54:18through.

00:54:19So I'll be

00:54:19fascinated to see

00:54:20how this really

00:54:21plays out.

00:54:22How do Motherwell

00:54:22cope with

00:54:23Rangers'

00:54:23set play power

00:54:24as another side

00:54:26of it?

00:54:27And I think it's

00:54:28geared up to be

00:54:28an excellent game,

00:54:29Peter.

00:54:30I'm really

00:54:30looking forward to

00:54:31it actually.

00:54:34And Wednesday

00:54:34night and I'm

00:54:35going to just

00:54:35kind of take it

00:54:36all in because

00:54:37I haven't really

00:54:38watched Motherwell

00:54:39so many games

00:54:41over.

00:54:41When I have

00:54:42watched them I

00:54:42thought,

00:54:43that's really

00:54:43impressive,

00:54:44their carving

00:54:44team's open.

00:54:46And then I look

00:54:46at Rangers at

00:54:47the weekend,

00:54:47I see a team

00:54:48that are physically

00:54:49really powerful

00:54:51and strong now.

00:54:52And whether

00:54:53they just go

00:54:54man for man,

00:54:55I think that'd

00:54:55be really brave

00:54:56and aggressive.

00:54:58But if you

00:54:58want to chase

00:54:59down a title,

00:54:59he spoke about

00:55:00it,

00:55:00he says we've

00:55:01got to deal

00:55:01with this and

00:55:02it'll be another

00:55:02challenge for

00:55:03them.

00:55:03And it could

00:55:04potentially set

00:55:04us up nicely

00:55:05for Sunday.

00:55:06So he's

00:55:06obviously an

00:55:09intent there

00:55:10with the

00:55:10manager.

00:55:11And when you

00:55:12look at the

00:55:12recent format,

00:55:13the wins that

00:55:14they've got,

00:55:16they should be

00:55:16getting very

00:55:16confidence,

00:55:17Peter.

00:55:17There shouldn't

00:55:17be nothing to

00:55:18fear here.

00:55:19I think if we're

00:55:21talking about the

00:55:21test for hearts,

00:55:24I think this is

00:55:25the defining

00:55:25week, I think,

00:55:27for Rangers in

00:55:29the title because

00:55:30he'll be looking

00:55:30at this.

00:55:31This one here,

00:55:32that's the

00:55:33contrasting styles

00:55:34that Alex is

00:55:34talking about.

00:55:35I just don't,

00:55:36this is so

00:55:37difficult to call.

00:55:37Yeah, it is.

00:55:38And I think that

00:55:38Alex mentioned

00:55:40Rangers at set

00:55:40pieces.

00:55:41I think there's

00:55:41been a massive

00:55:41improvement since

00:55:43the boy Fry's

00:55:44come in.

00:55:44I think he's

00:55:45revitalised our

00:55:47set pieces.

00:55:47They look very,

00:55:48very dangerous.

00:55:49Fernandez is a

00:55:49massive threat,

00:55:50big boy.

00:55:50They're a big

00:55:52team now.

00:55:53They're a big

00:55:53team, Rangers.

00:55:54And I think that

00:55:54could be the

00:55:55difference.

00:55:55Motherwell will

00:55:56need to go and

00:55:56defend set pieces

00:55:57properly, corners,

00:55:58free kicks into

00:55:59the box.

00:56:00And let's not

00:56:00forget that

00:56:01Motherwell, if

00:56:01they get a win,

00:56:02they'll be

00:56:02thinking, we

00:56:03can catch

00:56:04Rangers.

00:56:05They're not

00:56:05that far off

00:56:05the Celtic

00:56:06Rangers,

00:56:06Motherwell.

00:56:06So it's set up

00:56:08for a brilliant

00:56:09game.

00:56:09Motherwell will

00:56:09obviously play

00:56:10open and they'll

00:56:11go and attack.

00:56:12And Rangers are

00:56:13coming off the

00:56:13back of scoring

00:56:1413 goals in two

00:56:14games.

00:56:15So I think it'll

00:56:15be a cracking

00:56:16game.

00:56:16Yeah, on that

00:56:17point, and I've

00:56:18got to get your

00:56:19thoughts on this,

00:56:20Tam, but on that

00:56:21point, I'm looking

00:56:22at Motherwell, I'm

00:56:22saying you've got

00:56:23Rangers, then you've

00:56:23got Aberdeen at

00:56:25home, and then

00:56:27you're away to

00:56:27St.

00:56:28Merlin, you've got

00:56:28home to Dundee

00:56:29United, and then

00:56:30it's away to

00:56:31Celtic.

00:56:31So I agree with

00:56:33you, I don't

00:56:34think Hibbs will

00:56:35catch Motherwell,

00:56:35but I don't

00:56:36think see Motherwell

00:56:37catching, you

00:56:38know, the Rangers

00:56:39or Celtic.

00:56:40Not if they don't

00:56:41win tomorrow

00:56:41night, because

00:56:42you'd expect

00:56:42Celtic to beat

00:56:43Livingston at

00:56:45home.

00:56:45And with that

00:56:45in mind,

00:56:46Ruffy, give us

00:56:46your prediction

00:56:47on this one,

00:56:47because it's a

00:56:48tough one.

00:56:48I'd see if you

00:56:49say draw by

00:56:50the other.

00:56:50No, I'm not

00:56:50going to say

00:56:50draw this.

00:56:51I think, as

00:56:52you say, Motherwell

00:56:52have done

00:56:52particularly well.

00:56:53I don't think

00:56:54Motherwell, against

00:56:56the better size,

00:56:57the bigger size,

00:56:58they've got two

00:56:58goals in them.

00:56:59I think they've

00:57:00got a goal in

00:57:00them, but I

00:57:01feel Rangers have

00:57:02got more than

00:57:02one goal in

00:57:03them.

00:57:03I think they've

00:57:04got more

00:57:04characters that

00:57:05will come up

00:57:06for a goal.

00:57:07I think with

00:57:07Motherwell, they're

00:57:09relying on too

00:57:11many people, he

00:57:12scored a goal.

00:57:12So I think

00:57:13Rangers are

00:57:13going to win

00:57:142-1.

00:57:15I fancy Rangers

00:57:162-1.

00:57:16I think the

00:57:17strength and

00:57:18depth is more

00:57:18than Motherwell

00:57:19have if you have

00:57:20to mix it up

00:57:20a little bit.

00:57:21You look at

00:57:22the bench

00:57:22yesterday, it

00:57:23was so strong

00:57:23for Rangers as

00:57:24well.

00:57:25Jack Butland

00:57:26and guys like

00:57:27that.

00:57:27And then you've

00:57:28also got

00:57:28Matondo's

00:57:29coming back,

00:57:30you've got

00:57:30some guys

00:57:33that will

00:57:34potentially come

00:57:34into the mix.

00:57:35And don't

00:57:36forget Fernandes

00:57:36is coming back

00:57:37who wasn't

00:57:37even available

00:57:38yesterday.

00:57:39There was

00:57:40another one,

00:57:41Suter.

00:57:42So you've got

00:57:43real options.

00:57:44So I do

00:57:45fancy Rangers

00:57:45to win it.

00:57:46Does

00:57:46Manzwanisi make

00:57:47a difference

00:57:47that they've

00:57:48got?

00:57:49Yeah, I

00:57:49think when

00:57:50you've got a

00:57:50striker who's

00:57:50the top goal

00:57:51score in the

00:57:51league and he's

00:57:53playing with a tonne

00:57:53of confidence,

00:57:54they've knocked

00:57:54back some big

00:57:55bids for him.

00:57:55I think he's a

00:57:56real threat to

00:57:57Rangers.

00:57:57But I think

00:57:58Rangers will win

00:57:59this.

00:57:59I don't think

00:57:59Danny at all

00:58:00will be concerned

00:58:01about Motherwell

00:58:01having 60-70%

00:58:02of the ball.

00:58:03He showed that

00:58:03in different

00:58:03games this season

00:58:04and knows how

00:58:04to win games.

00:58:05Our team's got

00:58:06the majority

00:58:06of the ball.

00:58:07So I think

00:58:07they will.

00:58:08I think Rangers

00:58:08will come in

00:58:09and sit in a

00:58:09wee bit and

00:58:09try and hit

00:58:10on the counter.

00:58:10And I think

00:58:12they'll win 2-1

00:58:12as well,

00:58:13Rangers.

00:58:13So three?

00:58:14Three Rangers

00:58:16wins.

00:58:16We're waiting

00:58:17in the Motherwell.

00:58:22Murphy.

00:58:23I know.

00:58:25The Motherwell

00:58:26guru.

00:58:26Yeah, exactly.

00:58:28Yeah, I've

00:58:28been to the

00:58:29Madrid manager

00:58:29last year.

00:58:30Honestly, he's

00:58:31just, I just

00:58:33can't wait for

00:58:33it.

00:58:34Of the games,

00:58:35obviously the

00:58:36Edinburgh Derby,

00:58:37for 48 hours,

00:58:38if I was looking

00:58:38and thinking

00:58:39how great is it

00:58:40to go and see

00:58:40two broad games.

00:58:41It's impression

00:58:41that every team's

00:58:42got something to

00:58:43play for.

00:58:43There's no Celtic

00:58:4415 points ahead.

00:58:45You've got good

00:58:46games to watch.

00:58:47That's going to

00:58:48be brilliant.

00:58:49But Motherwell

00:58:49Rangers, I can't

00:58:50wait to see how

00:58:51Danny Rule

00:58:51approaches this

00:58:53to see, and

00:58:54then of course

00:58:55you know what

00:58:55way Motherwell

00:58:56are going to

00:58:56play, and how

00:58:57do Rangers

00:58:58handle Masvid

00:58:59and Isi in

00:58:59that back line.

00:59:00So it's all

00:59:01to play for.

00:59:02And will Eli

00:59:03just and these

00:59:04guys get the

00:59:05ability or will

00:59:06Rangers swamp

00:59:06them in the

00:59:07middle of the

00:59:07park?

00:59:08Yeah, I know.

00:59:08I was looking at

00:59:09the board.

00:59:10I was really

00:59:11impressed with him

00:59:12and I actually

00:59:12bumped into him,

00:59:13believe it or

00:59:13no, on Ludogratz

00:59:15about a couple

00:59:15of Thursdays ago.

00:59:17And you know

00:59:17when you look at

00:59:17a guy and you

00:59:17go, oh my

00:59:18God, look at

00:59:18the size of

00:59:19this guy.

00:59:19He was like

00:59:19a quarterback.

00:59:20He was like

00:59:20this.

00:59:21Solid.

00:59:22About 6'3",

00:59:236'3", he was a

00:59:23monster.

00:59:24And I was like,

00:59:24oh my God,

00:59:24look at the size

00:59:25of this guy.

00:59:26But he looks as

00:59:26if he's eating up

00:59:27the ground as well.

00:59:28He looks a

00:59:29powerful big guy.

00:59:30Great.

00:59:31Celtic-Livingson,

00:59:32Ruffy?

00:59:333-0.

00:59:34Alec?

00:59:34Yeah, comfortable

00:59:35one for Celtic.

00:59:364-0.

00:59:37OK, yep,

00:59:383-0.

00:59:38Dundee United,

00:59:39Aberdeen,

00:59:39the new firm

00:59:40derby.

00:59:41Dundee United,

00:59:422-1.

00:59:44I'll go for a

00:59:44draw.

00:59:45Yeah, I'm

00:59:45going to go

00:59:461-0.

00:59:46I'll go for

00:59:47Pusspoond.

00:59:48Yeah.

00:59:49What are you

00:59:50going for?

00:59:50I'm going to go

00:59:50for Pusspoond,

00:59:51I think,

00:59:51at the end.

00:59:51OK, you got

00:59:52that on the

00:59:53rookies as well?

00:59:54I think the

00:59:54Pumos Pana will

00:59:55go one each.

00:59:56OK, Falkirk-Dundee,

00:59:58it's a tough

00:59:59one to call.

01:00:00It is a tough

01:00:01one to call.

01:00:01I'll go for

01:00:02Falkirk just

01:00:02to edge it

01:00:03at home,

01:00:032-1.

01:00:04OK, I'm

01:00:04going to go

01:00:05a draw on

01:00:05that one,

01:00:05roughly 1-1.

01:00:06Falkirk,

01:00:062-0.

01:00:07I'll go for

01:00:07a Falkirk win.

01:00:08Kelly,

01:00:09St Mirren.

01:00:12St Mirren,

01:00:142-1.

01:00:17I'm going to

01:00:17go for a draw.

01:00:18Yeah, I'm

01:00:19going to go

01:00:19Kelly, 2-1.

01:00:20I'm going to

01:00:20go for Kelly,

01:00:21I fancy Kelly,

01:00:22I think St Mirren

01:00:22have one eye on

01:00:23that massive tie

01:00:24against us.

01:00:24The thing is,

01:00:25if they win

01:00:25that, do they

01:00:26potentially drag

01:00:29St Mirren in?

01:00:30Drag everybody,

01:00:31aren't you?

01:00:31Definitely.

01:00:32Certainly in the

01:00:33play-off.

01:00:34I must apologise

01:00:35to everyone who

01:00:36has downloaded

01:00:36the podcast

01:00:37tonight because

01:00:37there's about

01:00:3832 different

01:00:39coughs in it.

01:00:39I would spend

01:00:40five hours

01:00:40editing this

01:00:41just to take

01:00:42the coughs

01:00:42out.

01:00:43Anyway,

01:00:44apart from

01:00:44the off-soldiers,

01:00:45you've soldiered

01:00:47through, you've

01:00:47made it to the

01:00:48end of the

01:00:48programme.

01:00:48Is there not

01:00:49a sketch,

01:00:49Peter?

01:00:49Is there not

01:00:50a sketch thing

01:00:50about everybody

01:00:51coughing?

01:00:51Yeah, absolutely.

01:00:53So apologies to

01:00:54those in the

01:00:54podcast and

01:00:54apologies to

01:00:55you, but

01:00:56you know,

01:00:57winter, it

01:00:58takes its toll.

01:00:59Ruffy's got the

01:01:00medicine, hopefully

01:01:01we'll all be

01:01:01able to use it.

01:01:02Which club did

01:01:03Ranger Sign James

01:01:05Tavernier from?

01:01:05Wigan.

01:01:06Thank you very

01:01:06much.

01:01:07You had no clue,

01:01:10you must have

01:01:10cheated by the

01:01:11way, but well

01:01:11done Alec.

01:01:12Alec was clued up

01:01:13on it.

01:01:13Wigan was the

01:01:13answer we're

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01:01:18Great to have

01:01:19you all on

01:01:19board today.

01:01:20Hopefully you

01:01:21enjoyed it all.

01:01:22Thanks to

01:01:22Alan Ruff,

01:01:23thanks to

01:01:23Alec Ray

01:01:24and Tam

01:01:25McManus.

01:01:26And don't

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